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Justin Marie Bomboko | |
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| File:C7606766d76ad7dc274623d1413a1d3a-1397196888.jpg Bomboko at a reception in Belgium, 2014 | |
| Chairman of the Board of Commissioners-General of Congo-Léopoldville | |
| In office September 1960 – 9 February 1961 | |
| President | Joseph Kasa-Vubu |
| Deputy | Albert Ndele |
| Preceded by | Joseph Iléo (as Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Iléo (as Prime Minister) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 September 1928 Boleke, Belgian Congo (Now Congo-Kinshasa) |
| Died | 10 April 2014 (aged 85) Brussels, Belgium |
| Political party | Independent |
Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (22 September 1928 – 10 April 2014), known as Justin Marie Bomboko, was a Congolese civil servant. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Congo. He served as leader of the Congolese government as chairman of the College of Commissioners.[1] He is often called "The Father of Independence" for the Congolese.[2] He also served as Foreign Minister for three different tenures: 1960–1963, 1965–1969, and again in 1981.[3] He had a role in the overthrow and execution of Patrice Lumumba and received payments from the CIA for it.[4]
Bomboko died from a long-illness in Brussels, Belgium, aged 85.[5]
Honours
- 1963 : Knight Grand cross in the Order of the Crown.[6]
Citations
- ^ Makombo 2015, pp. 12–13.
- ^ Kisangani & Bobb 2009, p. 57.
- ^ http://www.rulers.org/2014-04.html April 2014
- ^ U.S. Role in Lumumba Murder Revealed, Stephen R. Weissman, allAfrica.com.
- ^ "RDC: décès d'un père de l'indépendance, Justin Bomboko" (in French). Lesoir.be. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/Newsroom/news/press_releases/foreign_affairs/2014/04/ni_110414_bomboko
References
- Kisangani, E.F.; Bobb, S.F. (2009). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780810863255.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Makombo, Jean-Marie Mutamba (2015). Autopsie du gouvernement au Congo-Kinshasa: Le Collège des Commissaires généraux (1960-1961) contre Patrice Lumumba. Études africaines (in French). Editions L'Harmattan.
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