Marcel Bisukiro
Marcel Bisukiro | |
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Minister of External Commerce of the Republic of the Congo | |
In office 24 June 1960 – September 1960 | |
In office 2 August 1961 – 13 April 1962 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 September 1929 Kamayi, Rutshuru Territory, Belgian Congo |
Died | 7 June 2016 |
Resting place | Kahanga, Rutshuru Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Political party | Centre du Regroupement Africain |
Marcel Bisukiro Tabaro wa Kamonyi (27 September 1929 – 7 June 2016) was a Congolese journalist and politician. He was a leading member of the Centre du Regroupement Africain and served twice as Minister of External Commerce of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960 and from August 1961 until April 1962.
Biography
Marcel Bisukiro was born on 27 September 1929[1][a] in Kamayi, Rutshuru Territory, Kivu Province, Belgian Congo[3] to a Nyarwanda family. He attended middle school in Nyangezi. He later worked as a clerk for the Office dès produits agricoles du Kivu.[2]
Bisukiro cofounded the Centre du Regroupement Africain (CEREA) party in Bukavu in 1958[4] and assisted in establishing several new chapters.[3] He also acted as the commercial director of the party publication, Vérité.[2] Bisukiro had connections with foreign leftists and took a programmatic approach to his politics.[5] In August 1959 Bisukiro was elected secretary general of the party.[3] That year he was also elected to the Kadutu communal council.[2] He attended the Belgo-Congolese Political Round Table Conference of January–February 1960 as a deputy delegate for CEREA[6] and participated in the subsequent Economic Round Table Conference.[2]
In the
Bisukiro died on 7 June 2016. His body was flown to Goma on 12 July, where it was received at the airport by the Provincial Governor of Kivu and the President of the Provincial Assembly and given honours by the police. After a funeral procession toured the city, the body was brought to the locality of Kahanga, Rutshuru Territory and was buried in a family cemetery. A wake was held for him at the Rugabo II stadium in Rutshuru.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c "Des hommages mérités à Goma au patriarche Marcel Bisukiro Tabaro" (in French). Agence Congolaise de Presse. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f CRISP no. 120 1961, paragraph 98.
- ^ a b c d e f Artigue 1961, p. 37.
- ^ Contribution à la connaissance des peuples 2002, p. 36.
- ^ Weissman 1974, pp. 20–21.
- ^ The Belgo-Congolese Round Table 1960, pp. 62–63.
- ^ Bonyeka 1992, pp. 323–324.
- ^ Young 1965, p. 364.
- ^ Murangwa, Memeyi (27 June 2010). "RDC:Marcel Bisukiro Tabaro, pionnier de l'indépendance oublié par le gouvernement". VirungaNews (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ The International Journal of African Historical Studies 1997, p. 523.
References
- Artigue, Pierre (1961). Qui sont les leaders congolais?. Carrefours Africains (in French). Vol. 3. Brussels: Éditions Europe-Afrique. OCLC 469948352.
- The Belgo-Congolese Round Table: The historic days of February 1960. Brussels: C. Van Cortenbergh. 1960. OCLC 20742268.
- Bonyeka, Bomandeke (1992). Le Parlement congolais sous le régime de la Loi fondamentale (in French). Kinshasa: Presses universitaire du Zaire. OCLC 716913628.
- Contribution à la connaissance des peuples de l'Est de la R.D. Congo: cas des Hutu du Nord-Kivu (in French). Kinshasa: Droit et vérité. 2002. OCLC 52391170.
- The International Journal of African Historical Studies. New York: Africana Publishing Corporation. 1997. ISSN 0361-7882.
- "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. .
- Weissman, Stephen R. (1974). American Foreign Policy in the Congo: 1960-1964. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801408120.
- Young, Crawford (1965). Politics in the Congo: Decolonization and Independence. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 307971.