Bruno Tshibala
Bruno Tshibala Nzenze | |
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| Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Assumed office 7 April 2017 | |
| President | Joseph Kabila |
| Preceded by | Samy Badibanga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 69–70) |
| Political party | Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social |
Bruno Tshibala Nzenze (born 1955) is a Congolese politician who has been Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since April 2017.[1]
Political career
He began his political career while still a student in April 1980 at the age of 25 when he joined a leftist political party in Zaire during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko.[2]
On 7 April 2017, President Joseph Kabila appointed him as Prime Minister during a nationwide televised address.
Arrest
On 9 October 2016, he was arrested at Kinshasa International Airport when he was about to board a plane to Brussels and was held at Makala Central Prison. The Attorney General accused him of organizing demonstrations on 19 and 20 September 2016 in Kinshasa. He was later granted a provisional release on 29 November 2016.[3]
References
- ^ "Kabila names Bruno Tshibala new DRC prime minister". Al Jazeera. 8 April 2017.
- ^ "DRC: Bruno Tshibala appointed Prime Minister", Radio Okapi Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "Bruno Tshibala: a prime minister on temporary release", Politico CD, 7 April 2017 Template:Fr icon.
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