title: 1961 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
text: # 1961 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1961 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
  
  ## Incumbent
  
  * President: Joseph Kasa-Vubu
  * Prime Minister: Antoine Gizenga – Joseph Iléo – Cyrille Adoula
  
  ## Events
  
  | Date | Event |
  | - | - |
  | | Forminière, a lumber and mining company, ceases to operate. |
  | | SM Sanga Balende, a football club, is founded as Union Sud-Kasaienne in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai. |
  | | The American School of Leopoldville is founded |
  | 2 January | Anicet Kashamura (b. 1928) becomes president of Kivu Province. |
  | 9 February | Joseph Iléo becomes prime minister. |
  | 21 February | United Nations Security Council Resolution 161 urges the UN to immediately take measures to prevent the occurrence of civil war in the Congo, even the use of force is necessary. |
  | 24 June | Roman Catholic Diocese of Popokabaka is established from the Diocese of Kisantu. |
  | 2 August | Cyrille Adoula is appointed prime minister |
  | 11 September | Diocese of Ikela is established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Coquilhatville |
  | 18 September | Jean Miruho is reappointed president of Kivu Province. |
  | 11–12 November | In the Kindu atrocity thirteen Italian airmen, members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC), sent to pacify the country ravaged by civil war, are murdered. |
  | 24 November | United Nations Security Council Resolution 169 deprecates the secessionist activities in Katanga as well as armed action against United Nations forces and insists that those activities cease. |
  