Mpinga Kasenda | |
---|---|
First State Commissioner of Zaire | |
In office 6 July 1977 – 6 March 1979 | |
President | Mobuto Sese Seko |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | André Bo-Boliko Lokonga |
Personal details | |
Born | Tshilomba, Kasaï, Belgian Congo | 30 August 1937
Died | 7 May 1994 Kinshasa, Zaire | (aged 56)
Political party | Popular Movement of the Revolution |
Alma mater | Lovanium 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]