Justin Marie Bomboko

Justin Marie Bomboko
Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville
In office
4 October 1960 – 9 February 1961
President Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Preceded by Albert Ndele
Succeeded by Joseph Iléo
Personal details
Born 22 September 1928
Boleke, Belgian Congo
(Now Congo-Kinshasa)
Died 10 April 2014(2014-04-10) (aged 85)
Brussels, Belgium
Political party Independent

Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (22 September 1928 – 10 April 2014), known as Justin Marie Bomboko, was a Congolese civil servant. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Congo. He became minister in 1960, and was briefly Prime Minister. He is often called "The Father of Independence" for the Congolese.[1] He also served as Foreign Minister for three different tenures: 1960–1963, 1965–1969, and again in 1981.[2] He had a role in the overthrow and execution of Patrice Lumumba and received payments from the CIA for it.[3]

Bomboko died from a long-illness in Brussels, Belgium, aged 85.[4]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Kisangani, E.F.; Bobb, S.F. (2009). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780810863255. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.rulers.org/2014-04.html April 2014
  3. ↑ U.S. Role in Lumumba Murder Revealed, Stephen R. Weissman, allAfrica.com.
  4. ↑ "RDC: décès d'un père de l'indépendance, Justin Bomboko" (in French). Lesoir.be. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  5. ↑ http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/Newsroom/news/press_releases/foreign_affairs/2014/04/ni_110414_bomboko
Political offices
Preceded by
Albert Ndele		 Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
4 October 1960 – 9 February 1961 		Succeeded by
Joseph Iléo
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