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12 Facts About Joseph Midiburo

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Joseph Midiburo was a Congolese politician who served as the third President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Joseph Midiburo was born in 1930 in Bwisha, Rutshuru Territory, Belgian Congo.

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Joseph Midiburo underwent four years of secondary education and took correspondence courses on accounting.

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Joseph Midiburo subsequently became a vice president of the party.

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Joseph Midiburo served on the Executive College of the Goma territory.

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Joseph Midiburo was elected to the first Congolese Chamber of Deputies in May 1960 on a CEREA ticket from the North Kivu constituency.

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Joseph Midiburo briefly served in the Stanleyville government from late 1960 until he returned to the capital, Leopoldville, in mid-1961.

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Joseph Midiburo was elected First Vice-President of the Chamber on 24 July 1961.

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Joseph Midiburo was elected President of the Chamber on 3 March 1963.

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Joseph Midiburo served as President of the Chamber until September 1965.

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Joseph Midiburo took part in organising the Conference Nationale Souveraine of the early 1990s.

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Joseph Midiburo died on 13 June 2008 while receiving medical care in Kinshasa in the presence of his son, Adolphe.