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Mpinga Kasenda

Mpinga Kasenda
First State Commissioner of Zaire
In office
6 July 1977 – 6 March 1979
PresidentMobuto Sese Seko
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAndré Bo-Boliko Lokonga
Personal details
Born(1937-08-30)30 August 1937
Tshilomba, Kasaï, Belgian Congo
Died7 May 1994(1994-05-07) (aged 56)
Kinshasa, Zaire
Political partyPopular Movement of the Revolution
Alma materLovanium University

Mpinga Kasenda (30 August 1937 – 7 May 1994) was a political figure in Zaire under Mobutu Sese Seko. Kasenda was the prime minister of Zaire from 6 July 1977[1] to 6 March 1979 and the foreign minister from 1993 to 1994. He was killed in a plane crash near the airport in Kinshasa.[2]

  1. ^ "Mobutu Appoints a Prime Minister". New York Times. Reuters. 7 July 1977. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Zairian Minister in Plane Crash", Washington Post, 1994-05-08.

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