Joachim Yhombi-Opango (born 1939) is a Brazzaville-Congolese general and political figure. He served as President of Congo from 1977 until 1979 when he was overthrown. He latter served as Prime Minister under the Lissouba regime in 1995, just before the start of one of four subsequent civil wars to plague that small central african country in the 1990's.