Joseph Damien Tshatshi, better known as Colonel Tshatshi, was a former member of the Armée Nationale Congolaise of Congo-Kinshasa in the 1960s. He was killed in Kisangani in 1966, allegedly by Colonel Ferdinand Tshimpola. He trained at the Ecole de formation d'officiers (Officer Training School) at Kananga, led by General Henniquiau, who also trained such famous officers as Masiala, Kokolo, Ebeya Itambo, Vangu and Mulamba Nyunyi. On November 24, 1965, he was a signatory of the proclamation of the Second Republic.