Joseph Kasa-Vubu24 June 1960
Parliament elects Kasa-Vubu as the first President of the independent Congo.
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Parliament elects Kasa-Vubu as the first President of the independent Congo.
Is elected president under the new political order established after the August uprising.
Wins the multiparty presidential election and succeeds Denis Sassou Nguesso.
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