Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula wa Ntumba
Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula wa Ntumba (19 August 1942 – 1 February 2021) was a Congolese engineer, politician, and civil servant.[1]
Tshiongo was born on 19 August 1942 in Lusambo, present-day Sankuru province, in Belgian Congo.[2] He graduated with vocational and technical degrees in electromechanics in 1960.[2]
Professionally, Tshiongo spent much of his career at
Tshiongo served as Governor of the former Kasai-Occidental province from April 2006 to October 2006. He was elected to the National Assembly, representing the Dimbelenge Territory constituency in Kasaï-Central province.[2] In February 2011, Tshiongo was appointed national Minister of Energy in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, under President Joseph Kabila's administration.[2]
Tshiongo died from an illness and COVID-19 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 1 February 2021, at the age of 78.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ "RDC:Décédé lundi à Kinshasa, qui était Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula wa Ntumba?". 2 February 2021.
- ^ MSN News. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ a b "RDC : l'ancien directeur général de la REGIDESO, Gilbert Tshiongo, est décédé". Radio Okapi. 2021-02-01. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ "RDC : Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula est décédé". 3 February 2021.
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