Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tipu ake a Struelens i te Belgian Congo, i reira te papa o tana papa he kaimahi a te kāwanatanga. I te tau 1950, i whakamahia ia e te Tari Take Ohaoha o te Belgian Congo hei kaitirotiro, a, i te mutunga, hei kaiwhakahaere kawanatanga mo te wa poto. I tonoa ia ki Brussels, Belgium, i te tau 1957 ki te āwhina i te whakarite i te Whakaaturanga o te Ao
Whakaaturanga 58. I te 1958, ka noho ia hei upoko o te tari turuhi o Belgian Congo me Ruanda-Urundi, he tari i neke mai i Brussels ki Bukavu i Belgian Congo.