He served as Minister of Economic Coordination and Planning of the Republic of the Congo from June to September 1960 and again from February 1961 to July 1962.
He received a Catholic education at the Ecole Moyenne Officielle de Lusambo,[1] studying there for four years.
[4] Worried about worsening tribal conflict in Luluabourg, he and other leaders of the MUB formed a cartel with Patrice Lumumba's Mouvement National Congolais (MNC) on the guarantee that the latter would support the creation of Province of Basonge.
[8] The handover in the Ministry of Economic Coordination and Planning under Kabangi's leadership was relatively smooth, and the department busied itself with organising the distribution of foreign food aid to the interior of the Congo.
He used his position in the central government to ensure that the territory received improved transportation infrastructure and was appropriated needed funds.
[18] He died on 27 April 2014 at the Ngaliema clinic in Kinshasa[1] while awaiting a flight to South Africa for medical care.