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Alphonse Songolo was born on 1927 in Belgian Congo (Now Congo-Kinshasa), is a Congolese politician. Discover Alphonse Songolo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 34 years old?
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1927 |
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Belgian Congo (Now Congo-Kinshasa) |
Date of death |
20 February, 1961 |
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Stanleyville, Free Republic of the Congo (Now Kisangani, Congo-Kinshasa) |
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Republic of the Congo
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Alphonse Songolo Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Alphonse Songolo Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alphonse Songolo worth at the age of 34 years old? Alphonse Songolo’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Republic of the Congo. We have estimated Alphonse Songolo's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Alphonse Songolo was born in 1927 in the Belgian Congo as a member of the Lokele ethnic group.
He received his education at the Frères Maristes de Kisangani et de Buta, graduating in 1946.
He worked in the colonial administration, including service as secretary for the governor of Orientale Province.
In April 1953 Songolo became assistant secretary of the Stanleyville chapter of the Association du Personnel Indigene de la Colonie, a labour union.
In 1959 he was elected as mayor of the commune of Kabondo in Boma.
He also became president of the local chapter of the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC), serving in the position into the following year.
In December he was arrested for his political activities.
However, in October 1960 he denounced Lumumba and was shortly thereafter imprisoned by pro-Lumumba authorities.
In 1960 he was elected as a representative from Orientale Province as a member of the MNC to serve in the Chamber of Deputies of the newly independent Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) with 2,593 preferential votes.
Patrice Lumumba, leader of the MNC and long-time associate of Songolo, became prime minister.
He included Songolo in his government as Minister of Communications.
The government was officially invested by Parliament on 24 June 1960.
On 5 September, President Joseph Kasa-Vubu dismissed Lumumba and appointed Joseph Iléo to replace him.
Iléo chose to keep Songolo in his government.
On 14 September Colonel Joseph-Désiré Mobutu launched a coup and established his own government.
Songolo subsequently declared his support for the new authority.
On 3 October Songolo, in spite of previously having a close working relationship with the deposed prime minister, led a group of MNC parliamentarians in denouncing Lumumba.
At a press conference he derided both Lumumba and the MNC, saying that the party should be renamed the "Mouvement National Communiste".
On 17 October Songolo and a number of like-minded deputies returned to Stanleyville and were immediately arrested by local authorities sympathetic to Lumumba.
There were rumors that Songolo was poorly treated in custody, but a United Nations commission later found no visible evidence to substantiate the allegations.
Alphonse Songolo (1927 – 20 February 1961) was a Congolese politician who served as the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)'s first Minister of Communications.
He was a prominent member of the Mouvement National Congolais in Stanleyville and a close partner of Patrice Lumumba.
He was executed in February 1961 in retaliation for the deaths of several pro-Lumumba politicians.
On the morning of 20 February 1961 Songolo and 14 other political prisoners were shot in Stanleyville after news broke that the central government had allowed for the execution of several pro-Lumumba politicians in South Kasai.