Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (25 March 1941 – 24 October 2024) was a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 7 August 1989 to 3 December 1990 under President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
Background
Poaty-Souchlaty was born in Kouilou Department on 25 March 1941,[1] to Alphonse Souchlaty-Poaty the Elder (died 24 March 1946), ivoirier and traveler, and Alphonsine Ndoko Ntondo.[2]
Poaty-Souchlaty died on 24 October 2024, at the age of 83.[3]
Political career
Poaty-Souchlaty was the minister of finance from 1976 to 1983.[4] He served in the government as Minister of Trade and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises from 1986 to July 1989.[1] Following the Fourth Ordinary Congress of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in late July 1989, he was appointed Prime Minister on 7 August, succeeding Ange-Edouard Poungui. The new government headed by Poaty-Souchlaty was named on 13 August.[5]
After a little more than a year in office, Poaty-Souchlaty resigned on 3 December 1990, as the PCT's single-party regime was coming to an end.[6][7] He resigned from the PCT at the same time. Poaty-Souchlaty was said to have disagreed with the president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, about what political course the country should take in the face of widespread demands for change.[7]
After his resignation, Poaty-Souchlaty created the Republican Union for Progress (Union républicaine pour le progrès, URP). During the 1992 parliamentary elections, the URP received three seats.[1] At the same time, Poaty-Souchlaty was a candidate in the August 1992 presidential election, placing 12th with 0.30% of the vote.[8]
After leaving the URP, Poaty-Souchlaty joined the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) in 1992. Although he was not given a position during Pascal Lissouba's presidency from 1992 to 1997,[1] Poaty-Souchlaty was elected as one of the party's 25 vice-presidents in December 2006, at its first extraordinary congress.[1][9]
References
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- ↑ "Aug 1989 - Congo", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 35, August 1989, page 36,842.
- ↑ John F. Clark, "Congo: Transition and the Struggle to Consolidate", in Political Reform in Francophone Africa (1997), ed. John F. Clark and David E. Gardinier, page 68.
- ↑ a b "Congo prime minister resigns", Rocky Mountain News, 5 December 1990.
- ↑ Xavier Bienvenu Kitsimbou, "La démocratie et les réalités ethniques au Congo", University of Nancy II, 26 October 2001, page 104 Template:In lang.
- ↑ "Pascal Tsati Mabiala élu secrétaire général de l'Union panafricaine pour la démocratie sociale (UPADS)", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 29 December 2006 Template:In lang.
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