Pascal Nkayi
{{Short description|Politician}}
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|office1 = Minister of Finance of the Republic of the Congo
|term_start1 = 24 June 1960
|term_end1 = 9 September 1960
|president1 = Joseph Kasa-Vubu
|primeminister1 = Patrice Lumumba
|successor1 =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1911|9|18}}
|birth_place = Palabala, Belgian Congo
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|party = Alliance des Bakongo
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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.
Biography
Pascal Nkayi was born on 18 September 1911 in Palabala, Belgian Congo.{{sfn|Études africaines du CRISP|1970|p=30}} He attended four years of normal school.{{sfn|Bonyeka|1992|p=397}} 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.{{sfn|Études africaines du CRISP|1970|p=30}}
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{{sfn|Études africaines du CRISP|1970|p=30}} with 107 preferential votes, the smallest margin of victory among any successful candidates.{{sfn|Bonyeka|1992|p=387}} He served as Minister of Finance in Patrice Lumumba's government,{{sfn|Études africaines du CRISP|1970|p=30}} which was officially invested by Parliament on 24 June 1960.{{sfn|Kanza|1994|p=103}} 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".{{sfn|Willame|1990|p=218}} In August the government sent him to Geneva to negotiate with Belgian authorities over financial and monetary concerns.{{sfn|Kanza|1994|p=280}} In early September he established a monetary council and began issuing new paper currency.{{sfn|Willame|1990|p=270}} On 9 September Lumumba announced that he had dismissed Nkayi from his cabinet.{{sfn|Epstein|1965|p=38}}
Citations
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References
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- {{cite book| last = Bonyeka| first = Bomandeke| title = Le Parlement congolais sous le régime de la Loi fondamentale| publisher = Presses universitaire du Zaire| date = 1992| location = Kinshasa| language = French| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u9dEAQAAIAAJ| oclc = 716913628}}
- {{cite book| last = Epstein| first = Howard M.| title = Revolt in the Congo, 1960–1964| publisher = Facts on File| date = 1965| location = New York| oclc = 875482690}}
- {{cite journal| title = Études africaines du CRISP| journal = Études Africaines du Crisp| publisher = Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques| volume = 114–123| date = 1970| location = Brussels| language = French| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kgZXAAAAMAAJ| issn = 0071-187X| ref = {{harvid|Études africaines du CRISP|1970}}}}
- {{cite book| last = Kanza| first = Thomas R.| author-link = Thomas Kanza| title = The Rise and Fall of Patrice Lumumba: Conflict in the Congo| publisher = Schenkman Books, Inc.| edition = expanded| date = 1994| location = Rochester, Vermont| isbn = 0-87073-901-8}}
- {{cite book| last = Willame| first = Jean-Claude| title = Patrice Lumumba: la crise congolaise revisitée| publisher = Éditions Karthala| date = 1990| language = French| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iOSjXDdkrooC| location = Paris| isbn = 9782865372706}}
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Category:Finance ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Lumumba Government members
Category:People of the Congo Crisis
Category:Year of death missing
Category:Members of the National Assembly (Democratic Republic of the Congo)