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Elias Kakule Mbahingana

Congolese politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ3050926 ↗
Source-derived summary

Elias Kakule Mbahingana is a Congolese politician. On 5 February 2007, he was appointed as the Minister of Tourism of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, under Antoine Gizenga Government that ran from 25 November 2007 under the leadership of Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga. He is a member of Unified Lumumbist Party (ULP).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Elias Kakule Mbahingana” as congolese politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Elias, Kakule and Mbahingana.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-02-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Elias, Kakule and Mbahingana providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3050926. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Elias Kakule Mbahingana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.