Joseph Iléo

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Joseph Iléo
In office
5 September 1960 – 20 September 1960
Preceded by Patrice Lumumba
Succeeded by Albert Ndele
In office
9 February 1961 – 2 August 1961
Preceded by Justin Marie Bomboko
Succeeded by Cyrille Adoula
Born 15 September 1921(1921-09-15)
Kinshasa
Died 19 September 1994 (aged 73)
Brussels
Political party Mouvement National Congolais-Kalonji

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

[edit] Before independence

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.[2]

[edit] After independence

Iléo was voted into the Senate and then voted its president. On 5 September 1960, he was declared prime minister by the president, Joseph Kasavubu. He held the post until 20 September 1960.[3] 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.

In April 1990, he founded the PDSC, and was chairman of it until his death in 1994.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo. Cartage. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  2. ^ Zaire Chronology of Important Events. Country Studies Series. Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress (December 1993). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  3. ^ USA/Africa: New Data on Murder of Lumumba. University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center (2002-08-01). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
Preceded by
Patrice Lumumba		 Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
September 5, 1960 - September 20, 1960		 Succeeded by
Albert Ndele
Preceded by
Justin Marie Bomboko		 Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
February 9, 1961 - August 2, 1961		 Succeeded by
Cyrille Adoula
v • d • e
Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its antecedents Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lumumba • Ileo • Ndele • Bomboko§^ • Ileo • Adoula • Tshombe • Kimba • Mulamba† • post abolished, 1966-77 • Kasenda • Mihambo • Nguza • Udjuu • Kengo • Mulumba • Nbagui • Kengo • Bululu • Lukoji • Tshisekedi • Diaka • Nguza • Tshisekedi • Birindwa • Kengo • Tshisekedi • Bolongo • post abolished, 1997-2006 • Gizenga
§ Served alongside Ileo, then Ndele, then alone.
^ Gizenga headed a government in rebellion in 1960-61, beginning during Bomboko's term.
† military