Sylvestre Mudingayi
Sylvestre Kongolo Mudingayi | |
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Sylvestre Mudingayi in Israel, August 1966 | |
| President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| In office September 1965 – 24 June 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Kalonji |
| Succeeded by | position abolished[a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1912 Lusambo,Kasai Province,Belgian Congo |
| Died | unknown |
| Political party | Parti National du Progrès Front Démocratique Congolais |
Sylvestre Mudingayi(11 November 1912 –?) was a Congolese politician who served as thePresidentof theSenateof theDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom October 1965 until June 1967.
Biography
[edit]Sylvestre Mudingayi was born on 11 November 1912 inLusambo,Kasai Province,Belgian Congo[1]to aLubafamily.[2]In 1932 he became a chief clerk at the Banque du Congo Belge. He was a member of theévoluésocial class.[3]In 1945 he chaired the Cercle d'Agrément Prince Léopold III de Lusambo.[4]
Political career
[edit]Mudingayi was classified by Christian missionaries as a "socialist" due to his advocacy for the establishment of secular schools.[1]In 1953 he traveled to Belgium where he was received by theLiberal Party.[5]In March 1959 he was appointed by the Governor-General of the Congo to serve on the consultative Conseil de Gouvernement.[6]Mudingayi later became president of the Kasai chapter of the Parti National du Progrès (PNP). He founded and became editor of the leftistanti-clericalistnewspaperLa Lumière,a bimonthly publication of the party.[1]
Mudingayi participated in theBelgo-Congolese Round Table Conferenceof 1960 that earned the Congo's independence.[7]While campaigning for the PNP in the Luputa region of Kasai in March for theupcoming elections,he was assaulted by opposing political activists.[8]His injuries were severe and he was forced to make a near-total withdrawal from politics.[7]
In September 1965 Mudingayi was electedPresidentof theSenateas a member of the Front Démocratique Congolais (FDC) in a surprise victory over the incumbent,Isaac Kalonji,57 votes to 54.[9]He served until the enactment of a new constitution on 24 June 1967.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^The Senate was permanently dissolved and was not reinstated until 2003 under the chairmanship ofPierre Marini Bodho.
Citations
[edit]- ^abcCRISP 1959,paragraph 64.
- ^Makombo 1998,p. 460.
- ^Makombo 1998,p. 314.
- ^Tousignant 2009,p. 98.
- ^Makombo 1998,p. 226.
- ^Artigue 1960,p. 84.
- ^abHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs 1960,p. 42.
- ^Wa Tshibangu 1976,p. 145.
- ^African World 1967,p. xxiii.
- ^Senat 2010,p. 2.
References
[edit]- "L'affaire Kalonji et les problèmes du Kasai".Courrier Hebdomadaire du CRISP(in French) (31). Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques: 9–18. 1959.doi:10.3917/cris.031.0009.
- Artigue, Pierre (1960).Qui sont les leaders congolais?(in French). Éditions Europe-Afrique.
- "Discours Prononce par le President du Senat a L'Occasion de la Commemoration du Cinquantenaire de la Creation du Senat de la Republique Democratique du Congo"(PDF)(in French). Kinshasa:Senat de la Republique Democratique du Congo.23 June 2010.Retrieved5 November2017.
- Makombo, Mutamba (1998).Du Congo belge au Congo indépendant, 1940-1960: émergence des "évolués" et genèse du nationalisme(in French). Kinshasa: Institut de formation et d'études politiques.OCLC52312642.
- Wa Tshibangu, Tshimanga (1976).Histoire du Zaïre(in French). Éditions du Ceruki.OCLC652145768.
- Tousignant, Nathalie (2009).Le manifeste Conscience africaine (1956): élites congolaises et société coloniale: regards croisés(in French). Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis.ISBN9782802801900.
- "Mr. Tshombe Dismissed: Mr. Kimba Forms New Government".African World.London: African Publications Limited. 1967 [1965].OCLC12032018.
- United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs(1960).Staff Memorandum on the Republic of the Congo.United States Government Publishing Office.