Kasongo presiding over a session of the Chamber of Deputies, 1960
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of the Congo
In office 21 June 1960 – 13 September 1960
Deputy
Louis Mulunda Joseph Midiburo
Preceded by
position established
In office 24 July 1961 – March 1962
Succeeded by
Yvon Kimpiobi
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Coordination of the Republic of the Congo
In office 17 April 1963 – June 1964
Prime Minister
Cyrille Adoula
Personal details
Born
25 December 1919 Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika
Died
19 October 1990 Bunia, Zaire
Political party
Mouvement National Congolais (1958–1963) Mouvement National Congolais-Kasongo (1963–?)
Joseph-Georges Kasongo (25 December 1919 – 19 October 1990) was a Tanganyikan-born Congolese lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the first President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). He later held office as a deputy prime minister and as a senator.
Kasongo was born in 1919 in Dar es Salaam to a family with ties to the Maniema region in the Belgian Congo. Following his education he took up work in business and in the indigenous courts in Stanleyville. In the late 1950s he became a leader in Patrice Lumumba's Mouvement National Congolais (MNC) party and worked to expand its influence. In 1960 the Congo became independent and Kasongo was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, shortly thereafter becoming its president. Lumumba became Prime Minister, but later that year he was removed from office as the country became embroiled in a political crisis. Parliament was also adjourned. Kasongo remained loyal to Lumumba and demanded that Parliament reconvene. In July 1961 he was reelected President of the Chamber, serving in the post until March 1962. The following year he became Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Coordination under the leadership of Cyrille Adoula, but was then ejected from the MNC. Kasongo formed a splinter group from the party and in 1966 he became a member of the Senate. He died in 1990 while trying to reestablish the MNC.
Joseph-Georges Kasongo (25 December 1919 – 19 October 1990) was a Tanganyikan-born Congolese lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the first...
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confidence. When the chamber met, on 21 June 1960, to select its officers, JosephKasongo of the MNC-L was elected president with 74 votes (a majority), while...
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Both speeches were applauded vigorously. In a change to the schedule, JosephKasongo, the President of the Chamber of Deputies who was presiding over the...
Catholic primary school in his youth and received secondary education at St. Joseph's Institute, graduating after five years of studies in 1941. That year he...
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was confirmed when the Chamber met on 21 June to select its officers; JosephKasongo of the MNC-L was made president with 74 votes (a majority), while the...
be President of the Chamber, but lost the vote to the MNC candidate, JosephKasongo, 74 to 58. The subsequent election of the Senate's officers also indicated...
was confirmed when the Chamber met on 21 June to select its officers; JosephKasongo of the MNC-L was made president with 74 votes (a majority), while the...
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