Likulia Bolongo

Norbert Likulia Bolongo (* 1939 ) is a Zairean politician. In 1997 he briefly served as Prime Minister of Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

Political career

Bolongo was General of the Zaire Army, most recently Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Kengo Wa Dondo . He became Prime Minister on April 9, 1997 , after President Mobutu Sese Seko , who had ruled since 1965, sacked Etienne Tshisekedi , who had been head of government several times, for the third time. Bolongo was a longtime follower of Mobutu and comes from the same district. Mobutu's power was already dissolving at this time, and attempts to come to an agreement with the rebels failed. Bolongo's tenure ended on May 16, 1997 , when Laurent-Désiré Kabila took power in Kinshasa and Mobutu left the country. Bolongo first fled to the neighboring Republic of the Congo . He was the last Prime Minister of the Mobutu era, and the post has not been filled since then.

At the invitation of Kabila, he returned to Kinshasa from his exile in France in July 1999 . He was briefly arrested in August for allegedly cooperating with Kabila's opponents. In September 2000, Kabila appointed him Minister for State Enterprises. When, after Laurent-Desiré Kabila's murder on January 16, 2001, his son and successor Joseph Kabila formed a new government, he left the cabinet.

This and that

In 1985 he published a book on Zaire's criminal law ( ISBN 2275009566 ).
An invitation from the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry to Bonn in October 1998, where he gave a speech on the past, present and future of the Congo, provoked protests from Congolese living in Western Europe.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ rulers.org

personal data
SURNAME	Bolongo, Likulia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bolongo, Norbert Likulia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Zairean politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1939

[1] rulers.org