Justin Bomboko
Justin Bomboko | |
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Chairman of the Board of Commissioners-General of Congo-Léopoldville | |
In office 3 October 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 Brussels, Belgium | (aged 85)
Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (22 September 1928 – 10 April 2014), was a Congolese politician and statesman. 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 also served as Foreign Minister for three different tenures: 1960–1963, 1965–1969, and again in 1981.[2] Bomboko died from a long-illness in Brussels, Belgium, aged 85.[3]
Early life
Justin-Marie Bomboko was born on 22 September 1928 in Boleke, Belgian Congo.[4]
Government career
In June 1960, Patrice Lumumba was tasked with forming the Republic of the Congo's first independent government. He weighed his options for the Minister of Foreign Affairs between Thomas Kanza, André Mandi, and Bomboko. Lumumba mistrusted Bomboko, whom the Belgians supported and with whom he had political differences. Kanza, who was well acquainted with Bomboko, suggested that he should receive charge of Foreign Affairs, because he was an elected deputy and had more political support. Lumumba eventually agreed to this proposal,[5] but made Mandi Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs so he could monitor his activities.[6] Bomboko and Kanza ended up being the only two ministers in the government with university degrees.[7] The government was officially invested by Parliament on 24 June.[8] On 29 June Bomboko and Lumumba signed the Treaty of Friendship, Assistance, and Co-operation with their Belgian counterparts.[9] On 30 June, Independence Day, they together signed the accords officially conferring sovereignty upon the Congo.[10] In the days immediately after independence, Bomboko was mostly preoccupied with the establishment of his ministry.[11] He was upset by the fact that most foreign contacts were made either through the entire government or through Lumumba, instead of directly through him.[12]
On 5 July, the
Honours
- 1963 : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown.[21]
- 2010 : Grand Cordon of the Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba.[22]
Citations
- ^ Makombo 2015, pp. 12–13.
- ^ "April 2014". Rulers. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "RDC: décès d'un père de l'indépendance, Justin Bomboko" (in French). Lesoir.be. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ Mulumba & Makombo 1986, p. 68.
- ^ Kanza 1994, pp. 98–99.
- ^ Kanza 1994, p. 114.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 78.
- ^ Kanza 1994, p. 103.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 82.
- ^ McKown 1969, p. 104.
- ^ Kanza 1994, p. 184.
- ^ Kanza 1994, pp. 165–166.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 88.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 89.
- ^ Kanza 1994, pp. 189–190.
- ^ McKown 1969, p. 116.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 96.
- ^ Bonyeka 1992, pp. 133–134.
- ^ CRISP no. 78 1960, paragraph 21.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 160.
- ^ "Didier Reynders offers his condolences following the passing away of Justin-Marie Bomboko, the first minister of Foreign Affairs of the Independent State of the Congo". Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs. 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Cérémonie de remise d'insignes de " l'Ordre National Héros Nationaux Kabila-Lumumba " au Chef de l'Etat et aux Pionniers de l'Indépendance". Digitalcongo.net (in French). ACP. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
References
- Bonyeka, Bomandeke (1992). Le Parlement congolais sous le régime de la Loi fondamentale (in French). Kinshasa: Presses universitaire du Zaire. OCLC 716913628.
- Hoskyns, Catherine (1965). The Congo Since Independence: January 1960 – December 1961. London: Oxford University Press. OCLC 414961.
- ISBN 0-87073-901-8.
- Kisangani, E.F.; Bobb, S.F. (2009). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780810863255.
- OCLC 977145530.
- 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. ISBN 9782336392158.
- Mulumba, Mabi; Makombo, Mutamba (1986). Cadres et dirigeants au Zaïre, qui sont-ils?: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Kinshasa: Editions du Centre de recherches pédagogiques. OCLC 462124213.
- "Le développement des oppositions au Congo". Courrier Hebdomadaire du CRISP (in French). 78 (32). Brussels: Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques: 1–20. 1960. .
- "Onze mois de crise politique au Congo". Courrier Hebdomadaire du CRISP (in French) (120). Brussels: Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques: 1–24. 1961. .