Raphael Batshikama was a Congolese politician. He was appointed as the first Secretary of State for the Interior of Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, under Lumumba Government that ran f
Patrice Lumumba (left center) with his first government including Raphael Batshikama outside the Palais de la Nation soon after swearing-in ceremony
Traditionally, an oath is a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who object to making sacred oaths is to give an affirmation ins
"Tennis Court Oath" by Jacques-Louis David
The oath of the provisional triumviral regents of the Empire of Brazil in the Imperial Chapel in 1831, during an era known as the Regency period
Isabel, Princess Imperial takes oath as regent of the Empire of Brazil before the Imperial Senate, c. 1870.
Devarata taking his bhishama pratigya