Elebe ma Ekonzo
Elebe ma Ekonzo | |
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Ambassador of the Republic of Zaire in Belgium | |
In office 12 December 1972 – 1975 | |
President | Mobutu Sese Seko |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 July 1933 Bumba, Belgian Congo |
Died | [3] Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16 January 2003
Political party | Popular Movement of the Revolution |
Philippe Elebe ma Ekonzo (7 July 1933 or 7 July 1937 – 16 January 2003) was a Congolese diplomat and civil servant.
Career in the Belgian Congo[]
Elebe ma Ekonzo followed secondary education at Saint Joseph College in Léopoldville, in 1952. The same year, he became a journalist at the , before founding his own magazine called Le Congo indépendant in Stanleyville in 1959.[4]
Career in the independent Congo/Zaire[]
At the time of independence, Elebe ma Ekonzo became an adviser in the cabinet of the Minister of Economic Coordination and Planning, Aloïs Kabangi. From 1966 to 1972, he was the Director of the national press agency .
In December 1972, Elebe ma Ekonzo was appointed the Zairean Ambassador to Belgium.[5] On the occasion of the publication of 's anti-Mobutist book L'ascension de Mobutu in Belgium in 1974, Elebe ma Ekonzo was recalled for consultations.[6] Six months later, he was reinstated in Brussels.[7]
From 1975 to 1977, he became the Director of AZAP once again, before being appointed to the Political Bureau of the state party Popular Movement of the Revolution (Mouvement populaire de la révolution, MPR). From 1980 to 1982, he was State Commissioner for National Orientation, Culture, and Arts. Finally, in 1983, he became a member of the powerful MPR organ Central Committee (Comité central).[8]
Family[]
Philippe Elebe ma Ekonzo is the father of author Tony Elebe ma Ekonzo.[9]
Honours[]
- Zaire: National Order of the Leopard (Grand Officer)
- Belgium: Order of the Crown (Grand Cross)[10]
References[]
- ^ "Congo-Kinshasa: Elebe ma Ekonzo n'est plus". 2003-06-17.
- ^ (1987). Who's who in Zaire: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Brussels: Editions New Fashions Media. p. 70.
- ^ "Congo-Kinshasa: Elebe ma Ekonzo n'est plus". 2003-06-17.
- ^ (1987). Who's who in Zaire: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Brussels: Editions New Fashions Media. p. 70.
- ^ "Les Antecedents Politiques et Economiques". Studia Diplomatica. 41 (4/6): 397. 1988. JSTOR 44835905.
- ^ "Les Antecedents Politiques et Economiques". Studia Diplomatica. 41 (4/6): 396. 1988. JSTOR 44835905.
- ^ "Les Antecedents Politiques et Economiques". Studia Diplomatica. 41 (4/6): 397. 1988. JSTOR 44835905.
- ^ (1987). Who's who in Zaire: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Brussels: Editions New Fashions Media. p. 70.
- ^ "Interview avec Tony Elebe ma Ekonzo". 2019-12-16.
- ^ (1987). Who's who in Zaire: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Brussels: Editions New Fashions Media. p. 70.
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