Justine Kasa-Vubu
Justine Kasa-Vubu | |
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Minister of the Civil Service | |
President | Laurent-Désiré Kabila |
Personal details | |
Born | Léopoldville, Belgian Congo (modern-day Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) | 14 April 1951
Nationality | Congolese |
Political party | Union for Democracy and Social Progress Mouvement des Démocrates |
Parent | Joseph Kasa-Vubu |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain, Free University of Brussels |
Justine M'Poyo Kasa-Vubu (born 14 April 1951) is a Congolese politician and leader of a small political party, the Movement of the Congolese Democrats (Mouvement des démocrates congolais), for whom she stood as a presidential candidate in the 2006 elections.
Life
She is the daughter of Joseph Kasa-Vubu,[1] the first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
She was a candidate in the Congolese presidential elections of July 2006, but obtained only 0.44% of the votes in the first round.[2]
After her father died and
In 1991, she joined the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) of Étienne Tshisekedi, the main opposition party to Joseph Mobutu. On 22 May 1997, she was appointed Minister of the Civil Service in the first government of Laurent-Désiré Kabila.[4] She was appointed ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Belgium. She resigned after disagreements with Laurent-Désiré Kabila.[3]
In 2013, she was a member of the Mouvement des Démocrates party. Unlike other opposition parties, she was prepared to hold discussions with Kabila.[5]
Works
- Joseph Kasa-Vubu mon père : de la naissance d’une conscience nationale à l’indépendance, Bruxelles, s.n., 1985.
- Kasa-Vubu et le Congo indépendant (1960-1969), Bruxelles, LeCri, 1997. ISBN 9782871061854
- Douze mois chez Kabila, Bruxelles, Le Cri, 1999. ISBN 9782871062097
- Sommes-nous décolonisés?, Paris-Bruxelles, Castells – Labor, 2000. ISBN 9782912587381
References
- ISBN 9781842776896.
- ^ "Cas de Justine KASA-VUBU : La jeunesse congolaise appelée à tenir aux convictions pour éviter des erreurs". afrique.kongotimes.info. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ^ ISBN 9780810863255.
- ISBN 9780199705832.
- ^ "RDC : Justine M'Poyo Kasa-Vubu "réceptive" aux concertations nationales". afrikarabia2.blogs.courrierinternational.com. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
External links
External videos | |
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Justine Kasa-Vubu, TV5Monde, 19 Janvier 2014 |
- http://www.justine-mpoyo-kasa-vubu.com
- http://www.voiceofcongo.net/rdc-justine-kasa-vubu-met-en-garde-le-pgr-kabange-numbi-sur-lapplication-de-larticle-64
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120318092926/http://www.congonline.com/Politiq/PerJustine.htm
- https://emmanuel1ngeleka.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/justine-kasa-vubu-triste-fin-dune-femme-tres-pressee/