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.
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 |
Early life
editJoseph Midiburo was born in 1930 in Bwisha, Rutshuru Territory, Belgian Congo.[1] He could speak Kinyarwanda.[2] He underwent four years of secondary education and took correspondence courses on accounting.[3]
Midiburo founded the Rassemblement de l'Est du Congo (RECO/REKO) party, which later merged with the Centre du Regroupement Africain (CEREA).[4] He subsequently became a vice president of the party.[5] He served on the Executive College of the Goma territory.[3]
Career
editMidiburo was elected to the first Congolese Chamber of Deputies in May 1960 on a CEREA ticket from the North Kivu constituency.[6] On 21 June, he was elected 74 votes to 55 to become the Second Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies.[7]
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.[8] He briefly served in the Stanleyville government from late 1960 until he returned to the capital, Léopoldville, in mid-1961.[6]
Midiburo was elected First Vice-President of the Chamber on 24 July 1961.[1][9] In October 1962 he was arrested by Cyrille Adoula's government on charges of subversion, but he was released several weeks later.[4] He was elected President of the Chamber on 3 March 1963.[10]
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.[11] He served as President of the Chamber until September 1965.[10] He took part in organising the Conference Nationale Souveraine of the early 1990s.[1]
Death
editMidiburo died on 13 June 2008 while receiving medical care in Kinshasa in the presence of his son, Adolphe.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Bonyeka 1992, p. 395.
- ^ a b "From our correspondents : Leopoldville". West Africa (2379–2404). London: Afrimedia International: 323. 23 March 1963.
- ^ Contribution à la connaissance des peuples 2002, p. 36.
- ^ a b Artigue 1961, p. 211.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 76.
- ^ Kashamura 1966, p. 159.
- ^ Hoskyns 1965, p. 375.
- ^ a b Mwanyimi-Mbomba 1985, p. 81.
- ^ Bakajika 2004, p. 129.
References
edit- 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