Joseph Midiburo
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office
3 March 1963 – September 1965
Preceded byBertin Mwamba
Succeeded byYvon Kimpiobi
Personal details
Born1930
Bwisha, Rutshuru Territory, Belgian Congo
Died13 June 2008
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Political partyRassemblement 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.[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

Midiburo 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

Midiburo died on 13 June 2008 while receiving medical care in Kinshasa in the presence of his son, Adolphe.[1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. ↑ Parliament of Rwanda 2013, pp. 20–21.
  3. 1 2 Bonyeka 1992, p. 395.
  4. 1 2 "From our correspondents : Leopoldville". West Africa. London: Afrimedia International (2379–2404): 323. 23 March 1963.
  5. ↑ Contribution à la connaissance des peuples 2002, p. 36.
  6. 1 2 Artigue 1961, p. 211.
  7. ↑ Hoskyns 1965, p. 76.
  8. ↑ Kashamura 1966, p. 159.
  9. ↑ Hoskyns 1965, p. 375.
  10. 1 2 Mwanyimi-Mbomba 1985, p. 81.
  11. ↑ Bakajika 2004, p. 129.

References

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