Pascal Lissouba (born November 15, 1931) was the first democratically elected President of the Republic of the Congo from August 31, 1992 to October 15, 1997. He was overthrown by the current President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the 1997 civil war.
Read more about Pascal Lissouba: Early Life, Political Career, Unrest and Civil War, Exile and Trial
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“We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)