Joseph Iléo

Joseph Iléo (15 September 1921 – 19 September 1994), subsequently Zairianised as Sombo Amba Iléo,[1] was a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was prime minister for two periods.

Joseph Iléo
Iléo in 1960
2nd Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office
5 September 1960 – 20 September 1960
PresidentJoseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded byPatrice Lumumba
Succeeded byJustin Marie Bomboko (as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners-General)
In office
9 February 1961 – 2 August 1961
PresidentJoseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded byJustin Marie Bomboko (as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners-General)
Succeeded byCyrille Adoula
President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office
22 June 1960 – 5 September 1960
DeputyJacques Masangu
(First Vice-President)
Joseph Okito
(Second Vice-President)
Succeeded byVictor Koumorico
Personal details
Born15 September 1921
Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
(Now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Died19 September 1994(1994-09-19) (aged 73)
Brussels, Belgium
Political partyMouvement National Congolais
Parti Démocrate Social Chrétien (1990–1994)

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]

Career
Joseph Iléo at a later age

Iléo was voted into the Senate and then voted its president in 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 Kasa-Vubu's successor, Justin Marie Bomboko, Ileo 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]

Later life

In April 1990, he founded the Parti Démocrate Social Chrétien, serving as chairman of the party until his death. He died on 19 September 1994, aged 73.[2]

References
  1. "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Cartage. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  2. "ILEO SONGO AMBA Joseph". Assemblée nationale. National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 September 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 24 May 2008.
  4. "USA/Africa: New Data on Murder of Lumumba". University of Pennsylvania – African Studies Center. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
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