Front Démocratique Congolais (DRC)
Front Démocratique Congolais | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | FDC |
| Leader | Joseph Kasa-Vubu Victor Nendaka Bika |
| Spokesperson | Cléophas Kamitatu |
| Founder | Victor Nendaka Bika |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Banned | 1966 |
| Merger of | Provinces Martyres other opposition groups |
| Split from | Convention Nationale Congolaise |
| Ideology | Big-tent Anti-Moïse Tshombe |
| Chamber (4 October 1965) | 72 / 166
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| Senate (4 October 1965) | 59 / 132
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The Front Démocratique Congolais (lit. 'Congolese Democratic Front') or FDC was a coalition formed in 1965 by Convention Nationale Congolaise dissidents and other opponents of Prime Minister Moïse Tshombe. The group was founded by Victor Nendaka Bika and held control of the Senate and the Prime Minister post until the Second Mobutu coup d'état. It supported President Joseph Kasa-Vubu.
Under President Mobutu, while political activities by parties were suspended, the FDC held positions in Léonard Mulamba's cabinet before Mobutu dissolved all parties.