Albert Nyembo
Albert Nyembo | |
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Secretary of State of National Defense of Congo-Léopoldville | |
In office June 1960 – ? | |
Secretary of State of Public Service of the State of Katanga | |
In office October 1960[1] – 21 January 1963 (end of the secession) | |
Minister of National Economy of Congo-Léopoldville | |
In office 1965–1967 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 May 1929 |
Political party | Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga |
Albert Nyembo Mwana-Ngongo (born
politician who was a Secretary of State and Minister for Congo and secessionist Katanga.Early life
Nyembo went to school at the St. Boniface Institute in
Career
During the communal election organised before independence, he was elected as a municipal councilor and member of the Élisabethville council. In 1960, he was elected as a national MP for the Tanganyika constituency. He was appointed Secretary of State for National Defense as a CONAKAT party member in the Lumumba Government.[5] He was a Secretary of State, since the portfolio of National Defense was added to the Prime Minister's.
Eleven days after Congo's independence, Moïse Tshombe declared the independence of the
After the secession ended, he was appointed Minister of National Economy in the Cyrille Adoula government of the reunified Congo. In 1965, he became a national MP for Tanganyika.
Nyembo was also active as a manager, as a President of the
Honours
- Zaire: Commander of the National Order of the Leopard[10]
Further reading
- CRISP (1966). "Annexe 3ter: Dossier C.F.L.: Interview de M. Nyembo". Courrier Hebdomadaire du C.R.I.S.P. 14–15 (321–322). . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
References
- Belgian Chamber of Representatives. 2001. p. 924. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Lederer, A. (31 March 1970). "TSHOMBE (Moïse-Kapenda)" (PDF). Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (in French). Vol. VII–A. Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences. p. 462. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Jean Omasombo Tshonda, ed. (2018). Haut-Katanga: Lorsque richesses économiques et pouvoirs politiques forcent une identité régionale. Tome 1: Cadre naturel, peuplement et politique (PDF). Africamuseum. p. 236.
- ^ Jules Chomé (1966). Moise Tshombe et I'escroquerie katangaise. Éditions de la fondation J. Jacquemotte. p. 77.
- ISBN 978-1-4092-9381-1.
- ^ ISBN 2-87083-013-0.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 145.
- ^ Jean Omasombo Tshonda, ed. (2018). Haut-Katanga: Lorsque richesses économiques et pouvoirs politiques forcent une identité régionale. Tome 1: Cadre naturel, peuplement et politique (PDF). Africamuseum. p. 349.
- . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ a b Kimbulu Moyanso wa Lokwa, Jean-Pierre (1987). Who's who in Zaire: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Brussels: Editions New Fashions Media.
Works cited
- Hoskyns, Catherine (1965). The Congo Since Independence: January 1960 – December 1961. London: Oxford University Press. OCLC 414961.