CONAKAT
The Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga (French: Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga, or CONAKAT) was one of the main political parties in the Belgian Congo and was led by the pro-Western regionalist Moïse Tshombe and his interior minister, Godefroid Munongo. It became the ruling party of the State of Katanga whose declaration of independence sparked the Congo Crisis.
Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga Confédération des Associations tribales du Katanga | |
|---|---|
| President | Moïse Tshombe |
| Founders | Moïse Tshombe Godefroid Munongo Dominique Diur Évariste Kimba Albert Nyembo Rodolphe Yav |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Dissolved | 1965 |
| Headquarters | Élisabethville, Katanga |
| Ideology | Katangese nationalism Tribalism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | CONACO (1965) |
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