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{{Short description|Congolese politician}}Paul Bolya or Bolya Ifekwa Lobok’ete (10 October 1924{{snd}}2002) was a Congolese politician and leader of a faction in the nationalist movement in the Belgian Congo before independence.

Biography

Paul Bolya was born on 10 October 1924 in Bengale, Équateur Province, Belgian Congo, to a Mongo family.{{sfn|CRISP|1961|loc=paragraph 120}} In Bamanya he undertook six years of study at the Ecole Primaire des Missionnaires du Scare-Coeur and a further four at the Ecole Normale des Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes, graduating with his certification as a teacher. In 1948 he earned his certification as a medical assistant.{{sfn|Mulumba|Makombo|1986|p=66}} He also undertook a training course at the Institut de médecine tropicale d’Anvers and served as an instructor at the École des Assistants médicaux de Léopoldville.{{sfn|CRISP|1961|loc=paragraph 120}}

Political career

(File:First Congolese government.jpg|thumb|First Congolese government)At the Constituent Congress of Coquilhatville in November 1959 Bolya became the president of the Parti National du Progrès (PNP).{{sfn|CRISP|1961|loc=paragraph 120}} He represented the PNP at the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference and was the first delegate to formally propose the adoption of a resolution for Congolese independence.{{sfn|Essack|1976|p=199}} He was chosen to be one of the vice presidents of the talks.{{sfn|Kanza|1978|p=81}} Bolya served on the Executive Board to the Governor General from March to June 1960.{{sfn|CRISP|1961|loc=paragraph 120}} In May he was selected as a member of the Union des Mongo (UNIMO) to be a senator on behalf of Équateur Province.{{sfn|Mulumba|Makombo|1986|p=67}}Bolya was considered for the post of Minister of Health in the first Congolese government but ended up serving as a minister of state.{{sfn|CRISP|1961|loc=paragraph 121}} From 12 September to October 10 he briefly served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister Joseph Ileo. In February 1961 he was made Minister of Public Service, a post he held until 2 August, when was made Secretary of State for Justice. He returned to his position as Minister of Health on 11 July 1962.WEB,www.deboutcongolais.info/crimes_mobutisme/2_crimes_noyau.html, Description du noyau du mobutisme et la liste de tous ses gouvernements de 60 à 90, deboutcongolais.info, Coordination des Forces Lumumbistes Mulelistes Kabilistes, 16 November 2016, French,www.deboutcongolais.info/crimes_mobutisme/2_crimes_noyau.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20050901000756www.deboutcongolais.info/crimes_mobutisme/2_crimes_noyau.html,">web.archive.org/web/20050901000756www.deboutcongolais.info/crimes_mobutisme/2_crimes_noyau.html, 1 September 2005, dead, In 1997 Laurent-Désiré Kabila seized control of the Congo. Afterwards he created a commission to draft a new constitution for the country. Bolya was appointed to the commission.{{sfn|Willame|1999|p=71}}Bolya was the father of Désiré Bolya Baenga, an essayist and writer.WEB,www.afrik.com/article20566.html, L’ultime départ de Bolya, Salin, Franck, 13 August 2010, Afrik.com, 5 November 2017, French,

Citations

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References

• BOOK, Essack, Karrim, The Armed Struggle, Thakers, 2, 1976,books.google.com/books?id=OME1AQAAIAAJ,
• BOOK, Kanza, Thomas R., Thomas Kanza, The rise and fall of Patrice Lumumba: conflict in the Congo, R. Collings, illustrated, 1978,books.google.com/books?id=3E51AAAAMAAJ, 9780860360681,
• BOOK, Mulumba, Mabi, Makombo, Mutamba, Cadres et dirigeants au Zaïre, qui sont-ils?: dictionnaire biographique, Editions du Centre de recherches pédagogiques, Kinshasa, 1986, French,books.google.com/books?id=9UoLAQAAIAAJ, 462124213,
• JOURNAL, Onze mois de crise politique au Congo, Courrier Hebdomadaire du CRISP, 120, 1–24, Centre de recherche et d’information socio-politiques, 1961, French,www.cairn.info/revue-courrier-hebdomadaire-du-crisp-1961-30-page-1.htm, 10.3917/cris.120.0001, {{harvid, CRISP, 1961, }}
• BOOK, Willame, Jean-Claude, L’Odyssée Kabila, KARTHALA Editions, 1999, French,books.google.com/books?id=WQB741W1RL8C, 9782865379262,

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