Joseph Iléo

Joseph Iléo
Prime Minister of of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office 5 September 1960 – 20 September 1960
President	Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded by	Patrice Lumumba
Succeeded by	Justin Marie Bomboko (as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners-General)
In office 9 February 1961 – 2 August 1961
President	Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded by	Justin Marie Bomboko (as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners-General)
Succeeded by	Cyrille Adoula
President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office 22 June 1960 – 5 September 1960
Deputy	Jacques Masangu Joseph Okito
Succeeded by	Victor Koumorico
Personal details
Born	15 September 1921 Léopoldville, Belgian Congo (Now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Died	19 September 1994(1994-09-19) (aged 73) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Mouvement National Congolais Parti Démocrate Social Chrétien (1990–1994)

Joseph Iléo (15 September 1921 – 19 September 1994), later called Sombo Amba Iléo,^[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, Justin Marie Bomboko, 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 Parti Démocrate Social Chrétien, serving as chairman of the party until his death. He died on 19 September 1994.^[2]

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