DRC: Inactive and defunct political parties (continued)
Political organisations formed before 1965
Parties ordered by date of founding and alphabetically.
Note: Those parties that had not already ceased to exist by 1965 were banned by Mobutu Sese Seko in November of that year. Parties that did not go underground ceased to exist.
| Party | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Alliance des Ba-Kongo (ABAKO) Association of the Bakongo |
Leaders: Joseph Kasa-Vubu (d 1969) Founded 1950 Kongo ethnic cultural association |
| Socialist Action | Founded December 1957 |
| Centre de Regroupement Africain (CEREA) Africans Regrouping Centre |
Leaders: Kashamura, Bisukiro and Weremre (party split in three factions each following one of these three) Founded August 1958 National party with regional base |
| Convention Nationale Congolaise (CONACO) Formerly: Confederation des Associations Tribales du Katanga (CONAKAT) |
Leaders: Moïse Tshombe (d 1969), Munongo. Formed October 1958. Started as regional trans-ethnic grouping, became national organisation in 1965 through coalitions with other parties. |
| Union Congolaise Congolese Union |
Founded before 1959 |
| Parti Solidaire Africain (PSA) African Solidarity Party |
Leaders: Cléophas Kamitatu, Antoine Gizenga Founded April 1959 Party with national asperations, but a regional base |
| Mouvement National du Congo - Kalonji (MNC-K) | Leader: Joseph Kalonji Founded July 1959 |
| Katanga Progressive Party | Leaders: Sendwe, Ilunga Founded November 1959 Regional Luba ethnic party, from the cultural association the Association Générale des Baluba du Katanga (BALUBAKAT) |
| National Party for Progress (PNP) | Bolya Formed November 1959 Small party with national base |
| Union des Mongo Mongu Union (UNIMO) |
Leaders: Bomboka, Ndjoku Formed January 1960. Ethnic party formed from the cultural association the Mongo Federation |
| Parti National de la Convention du Peuple (PNCP) | Leader: Yvon Mabanda Founded 1960 |
| Association des Tshokwe du Congo Belge, d'Angola et de la Rhodésie Association of Tshokwe from Belgian Congo, Angola and Rhodesia (ATCAR) |
Trans-colonial ethnic federation |
| Association of Upper Congo Nationals (ASSORECO) | Regional trans-ethnic grouping |
| Democratic Rally of the Lake Leopold II and of the Kwango–Kwilu (RDLK) | Regional trans-ethnic grouping |
| Coalition Kasaienne (COAKA) Kasai Coalition |
Regional trans-ethnic party |
| Kwangolese Union | Regional party from the cultural association the Kwangolese Federation |
| Union Kwangolaise pour l'Indépendence et la Liberté(LUKA) Kwangolese Union for Independence and Liberty |
Trans-colonial ethnic federation |
| Maluba Solidarity Movement (MSM) | Luba ethnic party |
| Mouvement National du Congo/Nendaka (MNC/N) | Leader: Gombe Victor Nendaka Founded 1965 |
| Mouvement de l'Unité Basonge Movement for the Unity of the Basongye (MUB) |
Ethnic party formed from the cultural association the Basongye Association |
| Parti de l'Unité Nationale (PUNA) National Unity Party |
Ethnic party from the cultural association the Liboke lya Bangala, with national ambitions |
| Union of Bateke (UNIBAT) | Ethnic party |
| Warega Union (UNEREGA) | Ethnic party |
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