Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty

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Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (born 25 March 1941 [1] ) is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 7 August 1989 to 3 December 1990 under President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

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Biography

Poaty-Souchlaty was born in Kouilou Department in 1941, to Alphonse Souchlaty-Poaty the Elder (died March 24, 1946), ivoirier and traveler, and Alphonsine Ndoko Ntondo. [2]

Political career

Poaty-Souchlaty was the minister of finance from 1976 to 1983. [3] 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 as Prime Minister on 7 August, succeeding Ange-Edouard Poungui. The new government headed by Poaty-Souchlaty was named on 13 August. [4]

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. [5] [6] 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. [6]

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. [7]

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] [8]

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  2. ↑ "Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty". plex.page. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "FORMER MINISTERS | Ministry of Finance and Budget". www.finances.gouv.cg.
  4. ↑ "Aug 1989 - Congo", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 35, August 1989, page 36,842.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 "Congo prime minister resigns", Rocky Mountain News, 5 December 1990.
  7. ↑ Xavier Bienvenu Kitsimbou, "La démocratie et les réalités ethniques au Congo", University of Nancy II, 26 October 2001, page 104 (in French).
  8. ↑ "Pascal Tsati Mabiala élu secrétaire général de l'Union panafricaine pour la démocratie sociale (UPADS)", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 29 December 2006 (in French).
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