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Name
  
Joseph Tshatshi


Joseph Damien Tshatshi Colonel Joseph Damien Tshatshi MBOKAMOSIKA

Died
  
1966, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Joseph Damien Tshatshi, better known as Colonel Tshatshi, was a former member of the Armée Nationale Congolaise of Congo-Kinshasa in the 1960s. He was killed in Kisangani in 1966, allegedly by Colonel Ferdinand Tshimpola.

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He trained at the Ecole de formation d'officiers (Officer Training School) at Kananga, led by General Henniquiau, who also trained such famous officers as Masiala, Kokolo, Ebeya Itambo, Vangu and Mulamba Nyunyi.

On November 24, 1965, he was a signatory of the proclamation of the Second Republic.

Decorations

  • Order of the Companions of the Revolution – posthumously awarded by President Mobutu Sese Seko on January 10, 1974

    • Honors

  • His name was given to an important military camp, Colonel Tshatshi Military Camp, which is the general headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (in Ngaliema, Kinshasa).
  • The Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi in Kinshasa is named in his honor.

    • References

    Joseph Damien Tshatshi Wikipedia
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