- Joseph Iléo
Infobox Prime Minister
name = Joseph Iléo
caption =
order = 2ndPrime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
term_start =5 September 1960
term_end =20 September 1960
term_start2 =9 February 1961
term_end2 =2 August 1961
deputy =
predecessor =Patrice Lumumba
successor =Albert Ndele
predecessor2 =Justin Marie Bomboko
successor2 =Cyrille Adoula
birth_date = birth date|1921|9|15|df=y
birth_place =Kinshasa
death_date = death date and age|1994|9|19|1921|9|15|df=y
death_place =Brussels
spouse =
constituency =
party =Mouvement National Congolais-Kalonji
religion =
languages spoken =
Joseph Iléo (
September 15 1921 -September 19 1994 ), later called Sombo Amba Ileo, [cite web| title = Democratic Republic of the Congo| publisher = Cartage| url = http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/GeogHist/histories/history/hiscountries/C/congo.html
accessdate =2008-05-24 ] was a politician in the Republic of the Congo and was prime minister for two periods.Before independence
In 1956, he was one of the authors of "Manifeste de la Conscience Africaine", which demanded the right of Africans to self-rule. In 1958, he was one of the founders of the
Mouvement National Congolais . When the movement split a year later, he joined the camp led byAlbert Kalonji . [cite web| title = Zaire Chronology of Important Events| work = Country Studies Series | publisher = Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress| date = December 1993| url = http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-14963.html| accessdate =2008-05-24 ]After independence
Iléo was voted into the Senate and then voted its president. On 5 September 1960, he was declared prime minister by the president,
Joseph Kasavubu . He held the post until 20 September 1960. [cite web| title = USA/Africa: New Data on Murder of Lumumba| publisher = University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center| date = 2002-08-01| url = http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Urgent_Action/apic080102.html| accessdate =2008-05-24 ] Under his successor,Albert Ndele , he served as Minister of Information. He was again declared prime minister on 9 February 1961. He remained in this post until 2 August 1961.In April 1990, he founded the PDSC, and was chairman of it until his death in 1994.
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