Joseph Mbuyi (12 August 1929 – 1960/1961) was a Congolese politician. He served as the Minister of Middle Classes of the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1960.
Joseph Mbuyi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Middle Classes of the Republic of the Congo | |
| In office 24 June 1960 – September 1960 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1929 Mikalaye, Luluabourg, Belgian Congo |
| Died | 1960/1961 near Charlesville, Republic of the Congo |
| Political party | Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba |
Biography edit
Joseph Mbuyi was born on 12 August 1929 in Mikalaye, Luluabourg, Belgian Congo.[1]
Mbuyi joined the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC), and when the party split he joined Patrice Lumumba's wing and became the secretary of its national committee.[2] He initially attended the 1960 Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference in Brussels as a delegate for the MNC-Lumumba. He was replaced and left in early February before the conference ended and returned to Léopoldville.[1] He served as Minister of Middle Classes in Lumumba's government, which was officially invested by Parliament on 24 June 1960.[3] The government planned on eventually making him the Congo's first ambassador to the United States.[4] On 22 July Lumumba left the Congo for New York City. Mbuyi accompanied him as part of a special economic delegation.[5] Belgian Ambassador to the Congo Jean van den Bosch established a confidential line of contact with Mbuyi, since he was regarded as more politically moderate than some other members of the government.[6] Throughout August Lumumba increasingly withdrew from his full cabinet and instead consulted officials and ministers he trusted, including Mbuyi.[7]
On 5 September President Joseph Kasa-Vubu announced the dismissal of Lumumba, along with several of his ministers and declared that a new government would be formed.[8] A political deadlock ensued, and on 14 September, Colonel Joseph-Désiré Mobutu launched a coup to install his own government.[9] Lumumba then began planning to relocate to Stanleyville in the east to reestablish his government.[10] Mbuyi attempted to go but was killed in the Charlesville region[11] in 1960 or 1961.[12]
Citations edit
- ^ a b Artigue 1960, p. 79.
- ^ Merriam 1961, p. 157.
- ^ Kanza 1994, pp. 103, 109.
- ^ Kanza 1994, p. 242.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, pp. 155–156.
- ^ Willame 1990, p. 259.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 188.
- ^ Kanza 1994, p. 286.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 214.
- ^ de Witte 2002, p. 22.
- ^ de Witte 2002, p. 52.
- ^ Gerard-Libois & Verhaegen 1966, p. 46.
References edit
- Artigue, Pierre (1960). Qui sont les leaders congolais? (in French). Brussels: Éditions Europe-Afrique. OCLC 468268357.
- Gerard-Libois, Jules; Verhaegen, Benoît (1966). Congo 1964: Political Documents of a Developing Nation (in French). Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 813515398.
- Hoskyns, Catherine (1965). The Congo Since Independence: January 1960 – December 1961. London: Oxford University Press. OCLC 414961.
- Kanza, Thomas R. (1994). The Rise and Fall of Patrice Lumumba: Conflict in the Congo (expanded ed.). Rochester, Vermont: Schenkman Books, Inc. ISBN 0-87073-901-8.
- Merriam, Alan P. (1961). Congo: Background of Conflict. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. OCLC 424186.
- Willame, Jean-Claude (1990). Patrice Lumumba: la crise congolaise revisitée (in French). Paris: Éditions Karthala. ISBN 9782865372706.
- de Witte, Ludo (2002). The Assassination of Lumumba (illustrated ed.). Verso. ISBN 978-1-85984-410-6.