Léonard Mulamba
Léonard Mulamba | |
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8th Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville | |
In office 25 November 1965 – 26 October 1966 | |
President | Joseph-Désiré Mobutu |
Preceded by | Évariste Kimba |
Succeeded by | Position abolished Mpinga Kasenda in 1977 (as First State Commissioner of the Republic of Zaire) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1928 None (military officer ) |
Major-General Léonard Mulamba (1928 – 12 August 1986), subsequently Zairianised as Mulamba Nyunyi wa Kadima,[1] was a Congolese military and political leader.
Biography
Then-Colonel Mulamba was
In 1962, he was assigned to command the 3rd Groupement at Stanleyville. He "gained international fame for.. defence of Bukavu and for conducting one of the most decisive battles of the 1964 north-east revolution the Simba rebellion of 1964. When Kisangani was recaptured from rebel forces in 1964 he was named military governor of the entire northeastern region." Mulamba has always enjoyed popularity with the troops under his command.[2]
Mulamba was removed from premiership by Mobutu on 26 October 1966, following pressure from army high command. The Historical Dictionary of the DRC writes that "Mobutu dismissed Mulumba and abolished the post on 26 October 1966 by citing Mulumba's lax attitude to the mutiny of the Baka Regiment in Stanleyville"[3] (the first of the Stanleyville mutinies). Following his dismissal, Mobutu became head of government as well as head of state.
He later served as ambassador to India (1967–1969), Japan (1969–1976) and Brazil (1976–1979).
References
- ^ Rulers.org
- ^ Sydney Taylor, The New Africans, 1967, p.102
- ^ E.F. Kisangani et al., Historical Dictionary of the DRC, 375.