What is Pascal Lissouba?
[[File:Pascal Lissouba (1995).jpg|thumb]] '''Pascal Lissouba''' (November 15, 1931 &ndash; August 24, 2020) was a Congolese politician. He was the first democratically elected President of the [[Republic of the Congo]] from August 31, 1992 to October 15, 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/159816|language=French|date=9 June 1997|title=Pascal Lissouba, le président sortant|publisher=Humanité}}</ref> He was overthrown by the current President [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]] in the [[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997-99)|1997 civil war]]. Lissouba died on August 24, 2020 in [[Perpignan]], [[France]] from problems caused by [[Alzheimer's disease]] at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://regionweek.com/former-congolese-president-pascal-lissouba-passed-away-at-88-in-france/ |title=Former Congolese President Pascal Lissouba passed away at 88 in France |access-date=2020-08-24 |archive-date=2020-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824113604/https://regionweek.com/former-congolese-president-pascal-lissouba-passed-away-at-88-in-france/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lissouba, Pascal}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Presidents of the Republic of the Congo]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of the Republic of the Congo]] {{bio-stub}}