Joseph Iléo
Joseph Iléo (born September 15, 1921 in Kinshasa , † September 19, 1994 in Brussels ) was a politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and two-time Prime Minister .
Political career up to independence
Joseph Iléo was an active young politician who campaigned for independence under the rule of the Belgians in what was then the "Belgian Congo". Since the colonial rulers did not think of giving up their property, he and other independence advocates wrote the Manifeste de la Conscience Arficaine in 1956 , in which the right of self-determination was demanded for Africans. He was also a co-founder of the Mouvement National Congolais in 1958 . He left the party a year later because of a dispute between members of the radical and moderate wing. Iléo joined the split under the direction of Albert Kalonji .
Post independence career
Iléo was first elected to the Senate and then its President. But already on September 5, 1960, he was named head of government by President Joseph Kasavubu after a dispute with the previous Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba . He only stayed that way until September 20, 1960, when the army chief of staff Mobutu Sese Seko launched a coup. After Kasavubu had resumed his office with the help of UN troops, Iléo was again appointed head of government on February 9, 1961. He remained in this post until August 2, 1961. In the government of his successor Albert Ndele , he was Minister of Information. In 1963, after the revolt in Katanga was put down, he became the representative of the central government in the area. In 1965 he was re-elected to the Senate and from that year also headed the Office national pour la recherche et le développement . Since he had already switched to Mobutu's side before the second coup, he was not only elected to the Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution , but also to the Mobutu party's politburo.
When Mobutu's rule began to crumble, he founded his own party, the PDSC , in April 1990, and remained chairman until his death in 1994.
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"Republic of the Congo" : Patrice Lumumba (1960) |
Joseph Iléo (1960) |
Albert Ndele (1960) |
Justin Bomboko (1960–1961) |
Joseph Iléo (1961) |
Cyrille Adoula (1961-1964) |
Moïse Tschombé (1964–1965) |
Évariste Kimba (1965) |
Léonard Mulamba (1965–1966)
Zaire : Mpinga Kasenda (1977–1979) |
Bo-Boliko Lokonga Monse Mihambo (1979–1980) |
Nguza Karl-I-Bond (1980–1981) |
N'singa Udjuu Ongwabeki Untubu (1981-1982) |
Kengo Wa Dondo (1982-1986) |
Mabi Mulumba (1987-1987) |
Sambwa Pida Nbagui (1988) |
Kengo Wa Dondo (1988-1990) |
Lunda Bululu (1990-1991) |
Mulumba Lukoji (1991) |
Étienne Tshisekedi (1991) |
Bernardine Mungul Diaka (1991) |
Nguza Karl-I-Bond (1991–1992) |
Étienne Tshisekedi (1993–1994) |
Faustin Birindwa (1993–1994) |
Kengo Wa Dondo (1994) |
Étienne Tshisekedi (1997) |
Likulia Bolongo (1997)
Democratic Republic of the Congo : Antoine Gizenga (2006–2008) |
Adolphe Muzito (2008–2012) |
Louis Koyagialo (2012) |
Augustin Matata Ponyo (2012–2016) |
Samy Badibanga (2016–2017) |
Bruno Tshibala (2017–2019) |
Sylvestre Ilunga (since 2019)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Iléo, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ileo, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Congolese politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kinshasa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1994 |
| Place of death | Brussels |