[2] During his time in the Belgian Congo he worked at the cabinet of the independent Katangese Secretary of State of National Defense Joseph Yav.

His father served as a senior officer in the Belgian army stationed in Koblenz, Germany in compliance with the Versailles treaty regulations.

However, during World War II, as a young officer in the Belgian army, he was taken prisoner by the advancing German forces during the Blitzkrieg in Belgium and France.

Aware of the risks of harboring a POW under Nazi rule, the family provided him with money and suggested that he board a train bound for Belgium and attempt to escape from there.

Hugyhé became the deputy Chef de cabinet of Secretary of State of National Defense Joseph Yav, family member of Tshombe.

[6] In August 1961, Huyghé received an expulsion order and left for Paris, but became Chef de cabinet of Yav, replacing colonel Grandjean, in November.