Jacques Opangault
{{Short description|Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo from 1957 to 1958}}
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| name =Jacques Opangault
| image =Jacques Opangault 4111979.JPG
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| order2 = 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
| term_start2 =April 1957
| term_end2 =28 November 1958
| successor2 =Fulbert Youlou
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|12|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ikagna
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|08|20|1907|12|13|df=y}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Congolese
| party = Mouvement Socialiste Africain
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Jacques Opangault (13 December 1907 – 20 August 1978) was a Congolese politician. The founder of the Mouvement Socialiste Africain (MSA; {{langx|en|African Socialist Movement}}), he competed with Félix Tchicaya's Parti Progressiste Congolais (PPC; {{langx|en|Congolese Progressive Party}}) during two-party rule in Congo during the 1950s.
Life
He was born on 13 December 1907, in Ikagna.
In 1947, he was elected to the Territorial Assembly.
In 1957, he was prime minister of the provisional government.
In 1959, he was jailed after riots in Brazzaville.{{cite book|author1=David Anderson|author2=Richard Rathbone|title=Africa's Urban Past|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IwMwBVfr0sC&pg=PA285|date=January 2000|publisher=James Currey Publishers|isbn=978-0-85255-761-7|pages=285–}}{{cite book|author=Mark R. Lipschutz|title=Dictionary of African Historical Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYoPkk04Yp4C&pg=PA254|year=1989|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-06611-3|pages=254–}}
From June 1961 to April 1962, he was vice president under Fulbert Youlou.
In 1963, he was arrested, after the fall of his government.
He died on 20 August 1978.{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwfKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1250|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-134-26497-1|pages=1250–}}
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Category:Prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo
Category:Vice presidents of the Republic of the Congo
Category:Republic of the Congo socialists
Category:People of French Equatorial Africa
Category:People from Likouala Department
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Category:20th-century Republic of the Congo politicians
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