Joseph Iléo

Joseph Iléo
Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville
In office 5 September 1960 – 20 September 1960
President	Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded by	Patrice Lumumba
Succeeded by	Albert Ndele
In office 9 February 1961 – 2 August 1961
President	Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded by	Justin Marie Bomboko
Succeeded by	Cyrille Adoula
Personal details
Born	15 September 1921 Léopoldville, Belgian Congo (Now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Died	19 September 1994 (aged 73) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Congolese National Movement (Kalonji)

Joseph Iléo (15 September 1921 – 19 September 1994), later called Sombo Amba Ileo,^[1] was a politician in the Republic of the Congo and was prime minister for two periods.

Early life

Joseph Iléo was born on 15 September 1921.^[2]

In 1956, he was one of the authors of Manifeste de la Conscience Africaine, which demanded the right of Africans to self-rule. In 1958, he was one of the founders of the Mouvement National Congolais. When the movement split a year later, he joined the camp led by Albert Kalonji.^[3]

After independence and later life

Iléo was voted into the Senate and then voted its president on June 1960. Upon the dismissal of then-prime minister Patrice Lumumba, Iléo was declared prime minister by Congolese president, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, on 5 September 1960. He held the post until 20 September 1960.^[4] Under his successor, Albert Ndele, he served as Minister of Information. He was again declared prime minister on 9 February 1961. He remained in this post until 2 August 1961.

From March to December 1979 Iléo served as President of the National Assembly.^[2]

In April 1990, he founded the PDSC, and was chairman of the party until his death. He died on 19 September 1994.^[2]

References

1. "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Cartage. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
2. "ILEO SONGO AMBA Joseph". Assemblée nationale. National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
3. "Zaire Chronology of Important Events". Country Studies Series. Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. December 1993. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
4. "USA/Africa: New Data on Murder of Lumumba". University of Pennsylvania – African Studies Center. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-24.