What is Jacques Kazadi?
[[File:JKNW.png|right|200px]] '''Jacques Kazadi''' (23 December 1936 – 23 April 2020) was a Congolese economist, professor, and politician. He was born in [[Kananga|Luluabourg]], [[Belgian Congo]]. Kazadi taught at several universities in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and abroad, including the [[Kinshasa|University of Kinshasa]] and the [[University of Michigan]]. He was then appointed at the first black Dean of the Faculté des Sciences Économiques, and later the first President of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) from 1973 to 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1474&lang=en|title=Pr. Jacques Kazadi Nduba Wa Dile (1973-1976)|work=CODESRIA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708020127/http://codesria.org/spip.php?article1474&lang=en|archive-date=8 July 2017|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> CODESRIA is the largest organization of African social science workers on the continent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.codesria.org/spip.php?rubrique193&lang=en|title=About us|work=CODESRIA|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=2020-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919184730/https://codesria.org/spip.php?rubrique193&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the 1970s, Kazadi became a member of the Popular Movement of the Revolution, ruling party of the [[one-party state]] regime instilled by [[Mobutu Sese Seko]]. He was Secretary of the Treasury until the National Conference of 24 April 1990, when he left the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200711121600.html|title=Congo-Kinshasa: Les 8 pistes de Nzanda-Buana pour sortir l'Afrique noire du gouffre|date=12 November 2007|work=AllAfrica|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/554332/politique/ce-jour-la-le-24-avril-1990-mobutu-annonce-les-larmes-aux-yeux-le-tournant-du-multipartisme/|title=Ce jour-là : le 24 avril 1990, Mobutu annonce les larmes aux yeux le tournant du multipartisme|date=24 April 2018