Victor Koumorico
Victor Koumorico (also spelled Kumoriko or Komoriko) (? – 22 June 1966) was a Congolese politician who served as president of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from July 1961 until November 1962.
Biography
Victor Koumorico participated in the East African Campaign of World War I in German East Africa as a member of the Force Publique.[1]
Political career
In the first elections of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) in 1960, Koumorico was elected as both a national deputy of the Oshwe Territory of the Lac Léopold II District and as a senator, serving on behalf of the UNILAC party. At the time he was the oldest member of the Senate. He withdrew his mandate as a deputy.[2] Koumorico led a delegation to Élisabethville in early 1961 to negotiate with the leaders of the secessionist State of Katanga on behalf of the central government of the Congo.[3] He participated in the Coquilhatville Conference in May 1961. In July at the Lovanium Conclave Koumorico was elected president of the Senate.[2] He served in the role until November 1962.[4] He also briefly served as the president of Mai-Ndombe Province recognised at the Coquilhatville Conference.[5]
After suffering from a long illness, Kumoriko died in Léopoldville on 22 June 1966.[6]
Citations
- ↑ Young 2015, p. 280.
- 1 2 CRISP 1961, NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUES.
- ↑ CRISP 1961, II - LES TENTATIVES DE REUNIFICATION ET DE LEGITIMATION.
- ↑ Mwanyimi-Mbomba 1985, p. 81.
- ↑ Artigue 1961, p. 162.
- ↑ Gerard-Libois & Verhaegen 2015, p. 332.
References
- Artigue, Pierre (1961). Qui sont les leaders congolais? (in French). 3. Éditions Europe-Afrique.
- Gerard-Libois, Jules; Verhaegen, Benoit (2015). Congo 1965: Political Documents of a Developing Nation (in French) (reprint ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400875436.
- Mwanyimi-Mbomba, Mandjumba (1985). Chronologie générale de l'histoire du Zaïre: des origines à nos jours (in French). Centre de recherches pédagogiques.
- "Onze mois de crise politique au Congo". Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP (in French). Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques (120): 1–24. 1961. doi:10.3917/cris.120.0001.
- Young, M. Crawford (2015). Politics in Congo: Decolonization and Independence (reprint ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-7857-4.