Évariste Kimba

Évariste Kimba Mutombo (born July 16, 1926 , † June 2, 1966 in Kinshasa ) was Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a short time in 1965 .

Political career

During Katanga's secession after the Congo gained independence from Belgium in 1960, he was Foreign Minister under Moise Tschombé .

After Katanga's independence and a period of exile , Chombé became Prime Minister of the central government on July 10, 1964. After Tschombé was released on October 13, 1965, President Joseph Kasavubu appointed Kimba as his successor. On October 18, 1965, Kimba presented his government. Parliament rejected it on November 14, 1965 by 134 votes to 121, but the President nominated him again. Kimba was the last Prime Minister of President Kasavubu, who was overthrown by Joseph-Désiré Mobutu ten days later . The latter ruled until 1997.

On Pentecost Sunday, May 29, 1966, Kimba, along with the other ex-ministers Emmanuel Bamba , Jérôme Anany and Alexandre Mahamba, was arrested by military personnel on orders from President Mobutu. The charges were of conspiracy and preparation for a coup, with alleged support from four foreign embassies (Belgium, France, USA and Germany). In a 90-minute show trial , the leaders of the Pentecostal conspiracy were hanged on May 30, 1966 by a special military tribunal. On June 2, 1966, he and the other convicts were hanged in front of over 100,000 onlookers in Kinshasa.

literature

• Evariste Kimba , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 27/1966 from June 27, 1966, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

• Cabinet lists 1960 to 1990 (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dietrich Strothmann : Democrat - in the Congolese way. Time, August 28, 1966, accessed on April 27, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Gallows on Grande Place. Spiegel, June 6, 1966, accessed April 27, 2013 .