Victor Nendaka Bika
Victor Nendaka Bika | |
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Director of the Sûreté Nationale of the Republic of the Congo | |
In office October 1960 – 1965 | |
Preceded by | Christophe Muzungu |
Succeeded by | Alexandre singa Boyende Mosambayi |
Minister of Interior | |
In office October 1965 – November 1965 | |
Prime Minister | Évariste Kimba |
Minister of Finance of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
In office August 1968 – August 1969 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Luango |
Succeeded by | Namwisi ma Nkoy |
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) | |
In office 1969–1971 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kumu, Buta District, Orientale Province, Belgian Congo | 7 August 1923
Died | 22 August 2002 Brussels, Belgium | (aged 79)
Political party | MNC-Lumumba, MNC-Nendaka, MPR |
Spouse | Astrid Mbooto |
Victor Nendaka Bika (7 August 1923 – 22 August 2002) was a Congolese politician from the
Early life and family
Victor Nendaka was born on 7 August 1923 in Kumu,
Career
Nendaka left the MNC-L ostensibly because Lumumba accepted a significant amount of money from communists, but he never presented any substantial evidence to support his allegation.[1]
In October 1960 Nendaka was appointed Director of the Sûreté Nationale (national security police) by temporary commission. He swiftly reorganised the agency and transformed it into an effective intelligence-gathering service.[2] Soon a ginger group formed in the Congolese government in support of eventual Prime Minister Cyrille Adoula known as the Binza group. Nendaka, in his capacity as Sûreté Director, was a key member.[3]
On 13 December 1961, Minister of Interior
Nendaka was nearly assassinated by members of the anti-Adoula Comité National de Libération in November 1963.[6]
He was Minister of Finance from August 1968 to August 1969.[7]
Citations
- ^ Namikas 2013, p. 173.
- ^ Young 1965, pp. 467–468.
- ^ Young 1965, pp. 379–380.
- ^ Young 1965, p. 468.
- ^ Young 1965, p. 469.
- ^ Young 1965, p. 345.
- ^ "MINISTERE DES FINANCES :Patrice Kitebi passe le flambeau à Henri Yav Mulang". 7sur7.cd. 12 December 2014.
References
- Namikas, Lise (2013). Battleground Africa: Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8486-3.
- Young, Crawford (1965). Politics in the Congo: Decolonization and Independence. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 307971.
External links
- Lumumba's commission,"Nendaka contre-attaque: L'ex-chef de la sécurité congolaise en 1961, n'a pas apprécié le huis clos qui lui a été imposé par la commission Lumumba", DH.be, 4 July 2001.
- Congo-memoires van onbetrouwbare CIA-agent Larry Devlin
- Message Flash adressé par Victor Nendaka en Décembre 1964
- Audition Victor Nendaka par la Commission parlementaire du Royaume de la Belgique on YouTube
- Nendaka Victor: Présentation du témoin
- Permanence bantoue
- Le Phare: Victor Nendaka sera inhumé aujourd'hui au cimetière de la Gombe