Lambert Mende

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Lambert Mende

Lambert Mende Omalanga (born February 11, 1953 in Lodja ) is a Congolese politician of the United Congolese Convention (CCU), of which he has been chairman since 2006. He is currently Minister of Communications and Media and government spokesman for his country.

Life

He holds a law degree from the University of Kinshasa and a degree in criminology from the University of Brussels (ULB).

In the 1980s Mende was active in the Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution (MPR) and moderated programs on the radio about the youth work of the movement. After a few years in exile as an activist in Europe, he belonged to the National Conference (Conférence Nationale Souveraine) from 1990 to 1992 and later joined the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD) during the Second Congo War . From 2003 to 2007 Mende was a member of the Congolese Senate. He has been a Member of Parliament for the Lodja District since 2006 and Minister of Communications and Media since 2008.

As Minister of Communications and Media and government spokesman, he has been responsible for the repressive media policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which violates freedom of expression and information , and a friendly and peaceful solution, since 2008, according to the European Union , which put him on a sanctions list undermined in terms of elections. On November 12, 2016, Mende issued a decree restricting the ability of foreign media to broadcast in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Contrary to the political agreement between the presidential majority and the opposition parties on December 31, 2016, broadcasts by a number of media were not resumed until May 2017. As a minister, Lambert Mende is therefore responsible for obstructing a friendly and peaceful solution to elections through acts of violence, repression or incitement to violence or the undermining of the rule of law, among other things.

Publications

  • Dans l'oeil du cyclone. Congo-Kinshasa: les années rebelles 1997–2003 revisitées . L'Harmattan, 2008

Web links

Commons : Lambert Mende Omalanga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Presidential residence in Congo-Kinshasa attacked. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . February 27, 2011, accessed February 28, 2011 .
  2. ^ Lambert Mende Omalanga: Ministre de la Communication de la République démocratique du Congo . In: Jeune Afrique , December 29, 2008
  3. ↑ Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/905 of the Council of 29 May 2017 on the implementation of Decision 2010/788 / CFSP on restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo
personal data
SURNAME Mende, Lambert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mende Omalanga, Lambert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Lodja