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==Early life== A member of the [[Mbochi]] ethnic group,<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 February 2007|title=République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) : information indiquant s'il existe des signes distinctifs visibles entre les membres de l'ethnie Mbochi et les autres ethnies en termes d'apparence, de pratiques et de styles de vie; information indiquant s'il est possible de déterminer par son nom l'appartenance d'une personne à l'ethnie Mbochi|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/469cda50c.html|access-date=|website=refworld.org}}</ref> Sassou Nguesso was born in Edou in the [[Oyo, Congo|Oyo district]] in northern Congo in 1943. His parents are Julien Nguesso and Émilienne Mouebara.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Congo-Brazzaville : Denis Sassou Nguesso, le joueur de poker|date=30 August 2012|publisher=Jeune Afrique|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/140289/politique/congo-brazzaville-denis-sassou-nguesso-le-joueur-de-poker/}}</ref> Nguesso was the youngest child in the family.<ref>{{cite web|author=Antoine Daniel Kongo|language=fr|title=Congo-Brazzaville: Denis Sassou Nguesso, premier président de la Nouvelle République|date=24 March 2016|publisher=allAfrica|url=http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201603240843.html}}</ref> His father was a notable hunter chief in Edou.<ref>{{cite web|author=Germaine Mapanga|language=fr|title=Denis Sassou Nguesso " Lékufé ", notable à 10 ans|date=26 June 2017|publisher=allAfrica|url=http://lesechos-congobrazza.com/politique/3163-denis-sassou-nguesso-lekufe-notable-a-10-ans}}</ref> He received primary education in Fort Rousset, now [[Owando]]. He studied in [[Dolisie]] Normal College between 1956 and 1960.<ref name="Liste des présidents de la République du Congo Brazzaville2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.consulatgeneralcongo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=167|language=fr|date=17 August 2014|title=Liste des présidents de la République du Congo Brazzaville|publisher=Consulate General of Congo in Tunis}}</ref>
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