| Joseph Midiburo | |
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| President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| In office 3 March 1963 – September 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Bertin Mwamba |
| Succeeded by | Yvon Kimpiobi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1930 Bwisha, Rutshuru Territory, Belgian Congo |
| Died | 13 June 2008 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Political party | Rassemblement de l'Est du Congo Centre du Regroupement Africain |
Joseph Midiburo (1930 – 13 June 2008) was a Congolese politician who served as the third President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Early life
Joseph Midiburo was born in 1930 in Bwisha, Rutshuru Territory, Belgian Congo. He could speak Kinyarwanda. He underwent four years of secondary education and took correspondence courses on accounting.
Midiburo founded the Rassemblement de l'Est du Congo (RECO/REKO) party, which later merged with the Centre du Regroupement Africain (CEREA). He subsequently became a vice president of the party. He served on the Executive College of the Goma territory.
Career
Midiburo was elected to the first Congolese Chamber of Deputies in May 1960 on a CEREA ticket from the North Kivu constituency. On 21 June, he was elected 74 votes to 55 to become the Second Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies.
In October he was made a member of a commission assembled by deposed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba tasked with managing his relations with the United Nations Operation in the Congo. He briefly served in the Stanleyville government from late 1960 until he returned to the capital, Léopoldville, in mid-1961.
Midiburo was elected First Vice-President of the Chamber on 24 July 1961. In October 1962 he was arrested by Cyrille Adoula's government on charges of subversion, but he was released several weeks later. He was elected President of the Chamber on 3 March 1963.
In April 1963, Parliament resolved to create a joint committee to prepare revisions for the constitution. Though the presiding officers of both houses nominally chaired the committee together, Midiburo was left responsible for leading the panel. He served as President of the Chamber until September 1965. He took part in organising the Conference Nationale Souveraine of the early 1990s.
Death
Midiburo died on 13 June 2008 while receiving medical care in Kinshasa in the presence of his son, Adolphe.
Citations
- ^ Murangwa, El Memeyi (13 June 2008). "RDC : L'ancien Président de l'Assemblée Nationale Joseph Midiburo n'est plus". VirungaNews.com (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- Parliament of Rwanda 2013, pp. 20–21.
- ^ Bonyeka 1992, p. 395.
- ^ "From our correspondents : Leopoldville". West Africa (2379–2404). London: Afrimedia International: 323. 23 March 1963.
- Contribution à la connaissance des peuples 2002, p. 36.
- ^ Artigue 1961, p. 211.
- Hoskyns 1965, p. 76.
- Kashamura 1966, p. 159.
- Hoskyns 1965, p. 375.
- ^ Mwanyimi-Mbomba 1985, p. 81.
- Bakajika 2004, p. 129.
References
- Artigue, Pierre (1961). Qui sont les leaders congolais?. Carrefours Africains (in French). Vol. 3. Brussels: Éditions Europe-Afrique. OCLC 469948352.
- Bakajika, Thomas B. (2004). Partis et société civile du Congo-Zaïre: la démocratie en crise, 1956-65 & 1990-97 (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782747572040.
- 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.
- Hoskyns, Catherine (1965). The Congo Since Independence: January 1960 – December 1961. London: Oxford University Press. OCLC 414961.
- Kashamura, Anicet (1966). De Lumumba aux colonels (in French). Paris: Buchet. OCLC 465788990.
- Mwanyimi-Mbomba, Mandjumba (1985). Chronologie générale de l'histoire du Zaïre: des origines à nos jours (in French). Centre de recherches pédagogiques.
- Report on Injustice Done to Rwanda Based on the Insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (PDF), Kigali: Parliament of Rwanda, 6 March 2013, retrieved 15 August 2017