Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Struelens akakurira muBelgian Congo, uko baba vake vaiva mushandi wehurumende. Muna 1950, akashandiswa neDhipatimendi reEconomic Affairs reBelgian Congo semucherechedzi, uye pakupedzisira semutungamiriri wedunhu ad interim. Akatumirwa kuBrussels, Belgium, muna 1957 kuzobetsera kugadzirira World Expo Expo 58
. Muna 1958, akava mukuru wehofisi yevashanyi yeBelgian Congo neRwanda-Urundi, hofisi yaakazotamisa kubva kuBrussels kuenda kuBukavu muBelgian Congo.