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Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty

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Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipRepublic of the Congo Edit
Name wey dem give amAlphonse Edit
Ein date of birth25 March 1941 Edit
Place dem born amPointe-Noire Edit
Date wey edie24 October 2024 Edit
Place wey edieÉvry Edit
Ein occupationpolitician, minister Edit
Position eholdPrime Minister of the Republic of the Congo Edit
Political party ein memberCongolese Party of Labour Edit

Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (25 March 1941 – 24 October 2024) be a Congolese politician who be Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 7 August 1989 to 3 December 1990 under President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Background

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Dem born Poaty-Souchlaty insyd Kouilou Department on 25 March 1941,[1] to Alphonse Souchlaty-Poaty de Elder (died 24 March 1946), ivoirier den traveler, den Alphonsine Ndoko Ntondo.[2]

Poaty-Souchlaty die on 24 October 2024, at de age of 83.[3]

Political career

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Poaty-Souchlaty be de minister of finance from 1976 to 1983. He serve insyd de government as Minister of Trade den Small den Medium-Sized Enterprises from 1986 to July 1989. Following de Fourth Ordinary Congress of de Congolese Labour Party (PCT) insyd late July 1989, he be appointed Prime Minister on 7 August, succeeding Ange-Edouard Poungui. De new government headed by Poaty-Souchlaty be named on 13 August.[4]

After a little more than a year insyd office, Poaty-Souchlaty resign on 3 December 1990, as de PCT ein single-party regime be coming to an end. He resign from de PCT at de same time. Poaty-Souchlaty be said to have disagreed plus de president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, about what political course de country should take insyd de face of widespread demands for change.[5]

After ein resignation, Poaty-Souchlaty create de Republican Union for Progress (Union républicaine pour le progrès, URP). During de 1992 parliamentary elections, de URP receive three seats. At de same time, Poaty-Souchlaty be a candidate insyd de August 1992 presidential election, placing 12th with 0.30% of de vote.[6]

After leaving de URP, Poaty-Souchlaty join de Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) insyd 1992. Although he no be given a position during Pascal Lissouba ein presidency from 1992 to 1997, Poaty-Souchlaty be elected as one of de party ein 25 vice-presidents insyd December 2006, at ein first extraordinary congress.[7]

References

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  1. Clark, John Frank; Decalo, Samuel (2012). Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo (4th ed.). pp. 363–364. ISBN 9780810849198.
  2. "Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty". plex.page. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. "France : Décès d'Alphonse Souchlaty Poaty, ancien Premier ministre du Congo-Brazzaville". Les Echos. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  4. "Aug 1989 - Congo", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 35, August 1989, page 36,842.
  5. "Congo prime minister resigns", Rocky Mountain News, 5 December 1990.
  6. Xavier Bienvenu Kitsimbou, "La démocratie et les réalités ethniques au Congo", University of Nancy II, 26 October 2001, page 104 (in French).
  7. "Les Dépêches de Brazzaville". www.brazzaville-adiac.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2025-07-19.