Bernardin Mungul Diaka

Bernardin Mungul Diaka (Kirondo (Bandundu), 12 November 1933 – Kinshasa, 3 June 1999)[1][2][3] was a Congolese/Zairean diplomat and politician.

He started his career as the director of Minister of Defence Patrice Lumumba in 1960.

This Stanleyville government was headed by Antoine Gizenga, who would send Mungul Diaka as his representative in the People's Republic of China.

[4] After the arrest of Gizenga, Mungul Diaka became the head of the Parti Solidaire Africain in February 1962.

[6] He held several important executive functions throughout the years, including Minister of National Education, member of the executive committee of the Movement Populaire de la Révolution, and Minister of Higher Education, until he was revoked and imprisoned.