Bruno Tshibala

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Bruno Tshibala (2017)

Bruno Tshibala Nzenze (born February 20, 1956 , according to other sources in 1955, in the Tshilenge Territory, Belgian Congo ) was Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from April 7, 2017 to May 20, 2019 .

Education and legal career

Bruno Tshibala studied at the Université Marien Ngouabi in Brazzaville Jura and acquired his professional license in 1989. From 1985 to 1986 worked on he development program of the United Nations (UNDP) with. He completed part of his studies in Belgium. In 1992 he joined the preparatory commission for the Conference nationale souveraine (CNS). Tshibala has been a member of the Bandundu Province Bar since 2004 .

Political career

Tshibala began his political career in April 1980, while still a student.

Along with Étienne Tshisekedi, Tshibala was a co-founder of the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS), which has long been the country's largest opposition party.

On October 8, 2016, Tshibala was arrested in Kinshasa because, as deputy general secretary and spokesman for the UDPS, he was accused of complicity in anti-government demonstrations in which more than 50 people were killed. Tshibala had - so he was accused - co-organized the protests of September 19 and 20 and signed a press release in which he congratulated the protesters.

President Joseph Kabila's term ended December 19, 2016 without election of a successor; However, Kabila declared that he would remain in this office until further notice. Étienne Tshisekedi's death in February 2017 meant that a compromise agreement that Kabila had reached with the opposition became invalid and that power struggles broke out within the leadership of the UDPS. By majority vote, Étienne Tshisekedi's son Félix Tshisekedi was elected as the new party chairman and Pierre Lumbi, a former supporter of Kabila, was elected to the party bureau. Tshibala, who was the party's deputy general secretary at the time, refused to recognize this election result, stood up for Joseph Olenga Nkoy and was therefore expelled from the party on March 4, 2017.

According to the New Year's Eve Agreement of December 31, 2016, the opposition should also have appointed a prime minister. Because this “rassemblement” had failed due to the party's fights , Kabila announced on April 5, 2017 that he would appoint a successor to the incumbent Prime Minister Samy Badibanga within 48 hours . Badibanga resigned on April 6, and on April 7, Kabila appointed Tshibala as the new prime minister, who will be part of a transitional government until the next presidential election. Tshibala's chief of staff is Michel Nsomue.

The political opposition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has long been divided into a large number of rival groups and is therefore not very effective and has so far hardly been able to weaken Kabila. With Tshibala belonging to an insignificant political minority group, observers expected his appointment to further divide the opposition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Important members of the International Monetary Fund, such as France and Belgium, initially reacted with reservations to Tshibala's appointment because it would destroy agreements on massive economic aid that they had made with Tshibala's opponents the previous December.

On May 9, 2017, Tshibala presented its cabinet, which was largely identical to the previous one. One of the first matters that Tshibala had to deal with was the "passport affair," which revealed that much of the large sums of money that Congolans have to pay to issue a passport ( US $ 185 ) , does not stay in the country, but flows to the Belgian company Semlex and the company LRPS, which is based in the United Arab Emirates .

On May 20, 2019, President Félix Tshisekedi , who was elected in December 2018, dismissed Tshibala and replaced him with Sylvestre Ilunga .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bruno Tshibala: pur produit UDPS. In: mediacongo.net. April 8, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c RDC: Bruno Tshibala nommé Premier ministre. In: Radio Okapi. April 7, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c RDC; Bruno Tshibala, un fidèle de Tshisekedi aux commandes (portrait). Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Aaron Ross: Congo opposition leader arrested over deadly anti-government protests. October 10, 2016, accessed August 9, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Bruno Tshibala: un Premier ministre en liberté provisoire. April 7, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Steve Wembi: Congo President Names ex-opposition leader as prime minister. In: The New York Times . April 8, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b Aaron Ross: Congo opposition party expels top official in sign of infighting. In: Daily Mail. March 4, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b c Aaron Ross: Congo's Kabila names opposition figure Tshibala prime minister. In: Reuters. April 7, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Bruno Tshibala, porte-parole du Rassemblement qui soutient Joseph Olengankoy estime que la crise au Rassemblement demeure. March 23, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Kabila named Bruno Tshibala DRC prime minister. aljazeera.com from April 7, 2017 (English), accessed on August 28, 2019
  11. ↑ Ismail Akwai: Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Samy Badibanga has resigned Thursday, a day after President Joseph Kabila announced the appointment of his successor within 48 hours. April 6, 2017, accessed August 2, 2017 .
  12. ^ Aaron Ross: Congo requests financial support from donors amid economic crisis. July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Aaron Ross: Congo's Kabila names opposition figure Tshibala prime minister. In: Reuters. April 7, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  14. ^ Aaron Ross: IMF chief proposes visit to Congo amid economic slump. In: Reuters. May 11, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  15. ^ RDC: publication du gouvernement Bruno Tshibala. May 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  16. ↑ DRC: Bruno Tshibala dévoile la liste de son gouvernement. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  17. ↑ UPDATE 1-DR Congo opposition calls for investigation into expensive passports. In: Reuters. April 17, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
  18. ^ Aaron Ross: Congo opposition calls for investigation into expensive passports. In: Reuters. April 18, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Tshibala, Bruno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tshibala Nzenze, Bruno (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Tshilenge Territory, Belgian Congo