Anicet Kashamura was born in 1928 in the locality of Kalehe in Kivu Province, Belgian Congo.
[1] In 1958 he co-founded the Centre du Regroupement Africain (CEREA) party.
Following Congolese independence in 1960, Kashamura became Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba's minister of information, until himself and Lumumba were dismissed by President Joseph Kasa-Vubu on 5 September.
[2] After Laurent-Désiré Kabila seized power in the Congo in May 1997, Kashamura was appointed chairman of a commission charged with drafting a new constitution for the country.
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