Joseph Iléo (15 September 1921 – 19 September 1994), subsequently Zairianised as Sombo Amba Iléo, was a Congolese politician and was prime minister for...

Joseph Kasa-Vubu, alternatively Joseph Kasavubu, (c. 1915 – 24 March 1969) was a Congolese politician who served as the first President of the Democratic...

who had foreign support similar to his own, including Albert Kalonji, Joseph Iléo, Cyrille Adoula, and Justin Bomboko. Kasa-Vubu was slow to come to a...

of the Congo (1960–1971) Patrice Lumumba Joseph Iléo Albert Ndele Justin Bomboko Antoine Gizenga‡ Joseph Iléo Cyrille Adoula Moïse Tshombe Évariste Kimba...

évolués including Adoula, Patrice Lumumba, Gaston Diomi Ndongala and Joseph Iléo established the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC). Diverse in membership...

was signed by, among others Patrice Lumumba, Cyrille Adoula and Joseph Iléo. Joseph Kasa-Vubu notably refused to sign, accusing the party of being too...

telegram on 16 January 1961 to the government in Léopoldville (President Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Mobutu) to send Lumumba to Katanga. That would have stemmed...

Léopoldville as Kinshasa in 1966, it became also known as Congo-Kinshasa. After Joseph Désiré Mobutu, commander-in-chief of the national army, seized control of...

Operation Grand Slam. Deposed in the 1965 coup d'état. Previously named Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; changed name on 10 January 1972 due to the policy of Zairianisation...

73 days Mouvement National Congolais (Lumumba faction) Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1960–1965) 2 Joseph Iléo (1921–1994) — 5 September 1960 20 September 1960 15 days...