Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tipu ake a Struelens i te Congo Belgian, i reira ko tōna pāpā he kaimahi tūmatanui. 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 ki te whakarite i te World Expo Expo 58
He aha? 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.