Joachim Yhombi-Opango | |
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| Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo | |
| In office 23 June 1993 – 27 August 1996 | |
| President | Pascal Lissouba |
| Preceded by | Claude Antoine Dacosta |
| Succeeded by | Charles David Ganao |
| 4th President of the People's Republic of the Congo | |
| In office 4 April 1977 – 5 February 1979 | |
| Vice President | Denis Sassou-Nguesso Louis-Sylvain Goma |
| Preceded by | Marien Ngouabi |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango 12 January 1939 Owando, Cuvette Region, French Equatorial Africa |
| Died | 30 March 2020 (aged 81) American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | Rally for Democracy and Development (from 1990) |
| Other political affiliations | Congolese Party of Labour (until 1979) |
| Spouse | Marie-Noëlle Yhombi-Opango (?–2020; his death) |
Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango (12 January 1939 – 30 March 2020) was a Congolese politician. He was an army officer who became Congo-Brazzaville's first general and served as Head of State of the People's Republic of the Congo from 1977 to 1979. He was the President of the Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD), a political party, and served as Prime Minister from 1993 to 1996. He was in exile from 1997 to 2007.