Pascal Nkayi

Pascal Nkayi (18 September 1911 – ?) was a Congolese politician. He served as Minister of Finance of Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960.

Pascal Nkayi
Minister of Finance of the Republic of the Congo
In office 24 June 1960 – 9 September 1960
President	Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Prime Minister	Patrice Lumumba
Personal details
Born	(1911-09-18) 18 September 1911 (age 113) Palabala, Belgian Congo
Political party	Alliance des Bakongo

Biography

Pascal Nkayi was born on 18 September 1911 in Palabala, Belgian Congo.^[1] He attended four years of normal school.^[2] In 1934 he became a teacher. He later took up work as a clerk in the postal service. In May 1954 he became assistant treasurer of the Association du Personnel Indigene de la Colonie labour union.^[1]

In 1960 the Congo became independent and Nkayi was elected in the Bas-Congo district on an Alliance des Bakongo ticket to the Chamber of Deputies^[1] with 107 preferential votes, the smallest margin of victory among any successful candidates.^[3] He served as Minister of Finance in Patrice Lumumba's government,^[1] which was officially invested by Parliament on 24 June 1960.^[4] On 27 July Nkayi held a press conference to share his concerns about the national decline in social and economic activity following independence. Alluding to Lumumba, he denounced "demagogic statements that harm the interests of the Congolese people".^[5] In August the government sent him to Geneva to negotiate with Belgian authorities over financial and monetary concerns.^[6] In early September he established a monetary council and began issuing new paper currency.^[7] On 9 September Lumumba announced that he had dismissed Nkayi from his cabinet.^[8]

Citations

1. Études africaines du CRISP 1970, p. 30.
2. Bonyeka 1992, p. 397.
3. Bonyeka 1992, p. 387.
4. Kanza 1994, p. 103.
5. Willame 1990, p. 218.
6. Kanza 1994, p. 280.
7. Willame 1990, p. 270.
8. Epstein 1965, p. 38.

References

• Bonyeka, Bomandeke (1992). Le Parlement congolais sous le régime de la Loi fondamentale (in French). Kinshasa: Presses universitaire du Zaire. OCLC 716913628.
• Epstein, Howard M. (1965). Revolt in the Congo, 1960–1964. New York: Facts on File. OCLC 875482690.
• "Études africaines du CRISP". Études Africaines du Crisp (in French). 114–123. Brussels: Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques. 1970. ISSN 0071-187X.
• Kanza, Thomas R. (1994). The Rise and Fall of Patrice Lumumba: Conflict in the Congo (expanded ed.). Rochester, Vermont: Schenkman Books, Inc. ISBN 0-87073-901-8.
• Willame, Jean-Claude (1990). Patrice Lumumba: la crise congolaise revisitée (in French). Paris: Éditions Karthala. ISBN 9782865372706.