1. Marien Ngouabi was a Congolese politician and military officer who served as the fourth President of the People's Republic of the Congo from 1969 until his assassination in 1977.
12 Facts About Marien Ngouabi
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Marien Ngouabi was born in 1938 at the village of Ombelle, Cuvette Department, in Kouyou territory to Dominique Ossere m'Opoma and Antoinette Mbouale-Abemba.
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Marien Ngouabi returned to Congo in 1962 as Second Lieutenant and was stationed at the Pointe-Noire garrison.
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Marien Ngouabi was assigned to the Pointe-Noire garrison as a deputy commander of an infantry battalion.
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In 1963, Marien Ngouabi was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
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The National Revolutionary Council, headed by Marien Ngouabi, was created on August 5,1968.
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Marien Ngouabi was a Mbochi from the north and his regime shifted control of the country away from the south.
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Marien Ngouabi visited the People's Republic of China in July 1973.
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Marien Ngouabi was re-elected to his post as Chairman of the PCT Central Committee on December 30,1974; he was additionally elected as Permanent Secretary of the PCT.
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Marien Ngouabi was then sworn in as president for another term on January 9,1975.
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Marien Ngouabi's attempt failed and he was shot dead near the national radio station he had just taken.
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Marien Ngouabi was sentenced to 10 years of forced labour.