| Name | Jacques Yhombi-Opango |  |
| Surname | Yhombi-Opango | |
| First Names | Jacques Joachim | |
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| Title | General | |
| Country of Birth | Congo |
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| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 1993 | 1996 | Office of the Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
| 1992 | 1992 | Presidential Candidate, Presidential election - 6th place with 3.49% of the vote | |
| 1990 | Rally for Democracy and Development | Founder & President, RDD | |
| 1977 | 1979 | Presidency of the Republic of Congo | Head of State |
| 1977 | 1977 | Presidency of the Republic of Congo | Military Committee of the Congolese Labour Party |
| 1973 | 1977 | Congolese Labour Party | Member of the Political Bureau, PCT |
| Date of Birth | 1939 |
| Political Affiliation | RDD |
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| Notes | More about JJ Yhombi -------------- Yhombi-Opango was born in Owando (former Fort Rousset) in Cuvette Region, in the north of the Congo. JJ Yhombi was held in detention for several years by his successor, President Denis Sassou Nguesso for attempting to form a "rightist faction" in the PCT (the governing party). He was released on November 10, 1984. In September 1987, Yhombi-Opango was arrested in connection with a plot to overthrow the President Sassou. He was jailed for almost 3 years before being released on August 14, 1990, in a move marking the 30th anniversary of Congolese independence. After the presidential election of August 1992, JJ Yhombi allied with President Pascal Lissouba and Lissouba's party, the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS), in the first round of the 1993 parliamentary election, held in May, and after the election Lissouba appointed him as Prime Minister on June 23, 1993. In May 1993, a civil war broke out, leading to Lissouba's ouster in October 1997; Yhombi-Opanga fled into exile in Cote d'Ivoire and France. In December 2001, Yhombi-Opango joined two other exiled politicians, Lissouba and Bernard Kolelas, in rejecting the electoral process begun under Sassou-Nguesso. He was sentenced in absentia to 20 years of hard labor for allegedly selling off the country's oil while he was Prime Minister. JJ Yhombi finally returned to the Congo on August 10, 2007 after an amnesty was approved by the Government on May 18, 2007. [ BRAZZAVILLE (AFP) - 10 Aug 2007 - http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?reg_id=0&;art_cle=38608 ] |
| Record last updated on 28 FEB 2008 |