Alexis Thambwe Mwamba
Alexis Thambwe Mwamba | |
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President of the Senate of Congo | |
In office 27 July 2019 – 5 February 2021[1] | |
Preceded by | Léon Mamboleo |
Succeeded by | Modeste Bahati Lukwebo |
Minister of Planning and Reconstruction | |
In office 2003–2006 | |
Member of the National Assembly for Kindu | |
Assumed office 2006 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | |
In office October 2008 – April 2012 | |
Preceded by | Antipas Mbusa |
Succeeded by | Raymond Tshibanda |
Personal details | |
Born | Longa, Maniema province | May 6, 1943
Nationality | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (born May 6, 1943) is a Congolese politician who has assumed various political roles and offices since the early 1980s going from Minister of Public Works, Minister of State Portfolio, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Planning, Minister of Foreign Affairs and recently in December 2014, he was appointed Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Born in Longa, Maniema province, Thambwe Mwamba is a practicing lawyer in the Democratic Republic of Congo and possibly one of the longest serving public servant of the country from the time he was first appointed Minister of Public Works in 1985 serving in the government of Mobutu Sese Seko.[2]
During the
He was Minister of Planning and Reconstruction in the
In late August 2009, shots were fired at his house as a threat against testifying in the trial at the International Criminal Court of Bemba.[3]
27 July 2019 Alexis Thambwe Mwamba was elected
Career
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See also
References
- ^ a b Berith Yakitenge (5 February 2021). "Sénat : Thambwe Mwamba a démissionné". actualite.cd. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Le juge belge dénonce un ministre congolais, Le Soir, 2003-01-08, accessed on 2008-09-01
- ^ a b Congo ministers attacked in Bemba trial "warning", Reuters, 2009-08-31
- ^ DRC: Belgium to probe Congolese minister accused of money laundering, IRIN, 2003-01-09
- ^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta). July 5, 2018.