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Thomas Kanza was born on 10 October, 1933 in Léopoldville, Belgian Congo, is a Congolese politician (1933–2004). Discover Thomas Kanza's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 10 October 1933
Birthday 10 October
Birthplace Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
Date of death 25 October, 2004
Died Place London, United Kingdom
Nationality Democratic Republic of the Congo

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1933

Thomas Rudolphe Kanza or Nsenga Kanza (10 October 1933 – 25 October 2004) was a Congolese diplomat.

He was one of the first Congolese nationals to graduate from a university.

Thomas Kanza was born on 10 October 1933 in Léopoldville, Belgian Congo.

1950

He was the son of Daniel Kanza, who would emerge in the 1950s as a leader of the ABAKO party.

1952

He was the very first Congolese national to receive a college education in an area other than theology, studying at the Université catholique de Louvain from 1952–1956, and earning a degree in economics.

Even after he graduated, he served as the vice-chairman of the Association of Congolese Students in Belgium and managed its public relations.

He then spent a year at Harvard University in the United States before subsequently taking a position with the European Economic Community in Brussels.

1955

He met future prime minister Patrice Lumumba in 1955, whom he would eventually become friends with.

Kanza was a member of the Union des Interets Sociaux Congolais (UNISCO), a Léopoldville-based cultural society for leaders of elite Congolese associations.

1957

On 30 March 1957, Kanza and two of his brothers founded the weekly publication La Congo in Léopoldville, the first newspaper to be owned and managed by Congolese.

1959

When plans for a Congolese Round Table Conference on the future of the Belgian Congo were announced in late 1959, Kanza took up a position as a liaison between the various participating parties.

He also formally invited the popular Congolese bands Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz and OK Jazz to come perform at the talks.

Following his father's break with ABAKO leadership during the conference, Kanza helped his family lead a splinter wing of the party.

Kanza envisioned a post-colonial Congo as a Belgo-Congolese community up until the country became independent.

Lumumba's party won a plurality of parliamentary seats in the Congo's first free elections.

He weighed his options for the Minister of Foreign Affairs between Kanza, André Mandi, and Justin Bomboko.

He mistrusted Bomboko, whom the Belgians supported and with whom he had political differences.

Kanza, who was well acquainted with Bomboko, suggested that he himself be made Delegate to the United Nations (UN) with ministerial status, so he could operate with autonomy, while Bomboko should receive charge of Foreign Affairs, because he was an elected deputy and had more political support.

Lumumba eventually agreed to this proposal.

The Lumumba Government was invested by Parliament on 24 June.

Of the members of the ministerial cabinet, only Kanza and Bomboko had university educations.

1960

From 1960 to 1962, he served as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo)'s first ambassador to the United Nations and from 1962 to 1964, was a delegate to the United Kingdom.

His opposition to the governments of Moïse Tshombe and Joseph-Désiré Mobutu led him to first rebel and ultimately flee the Congo.

The Congo was formally granted independence on 30 June 1960 as the Republic of the Congo.

In mid-September Lumumba was removed from power by Colonel Joseph Mobutu and placed under arrest.

Kanza approached Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for help, but was informed that there was little they could do.

He then appealed to United States President-elect John F. Kennedy through Eleanor Roosevelt, asking that he intervene to protect Lumumba.

Kennedy responded that the handling of prisoners was a United Nations matter.

On 8 November 1960, President Joseph Kasa-Vubu proposed his own delegation, leading to a dispute in the General Assembly.

On 22 November 1960, the Assembly voted to recognize Kasa-Vubu's delegation, thereby subverting Kanza.

He then served as the representative for Antoine Gizenga's brief rival government based in Stanleyville.

1961

Lumumba was eventually executed on 17 January 1961.

Meanwhile, Lumumba's absence had created a dilemma surrounding the authority of his delegation at the United Nations, which was led by Kanza.

1962

In 1962, Kanza, having rejoined the central government, was transferred to be chargé d'affaires of the United Kingdom embassy.

1964

In 1964, he was recalled to the Congo.

He soon entered a dispute with the new prime minister, Moïse Tshombe, and joined Pierre Mulele's rebel group.

1965

Following its defeat and Mobutu's definitive seizure of power in 1965, Kanza fled to Europe.

He shortly thereafter moved to the United States and in the same year published a largely autobiographical novel, Sans rancune.

1983

He returned in 1983, and resumed politics.

1997

From Mobutu's ousting in 1997 until his own death, Kanza served in diplomatic roles for the Congo.