The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sylvestre Ilunga, has announced the 65-member cabinet, set up seven months after the swearing-in of Felix Tshisekedi as president.
This team, announced on Monday, 26 August 2019, is made up of 42 ministers from the ‘Fron Commun du Changement’ (FCC, pro-Kabila) and 23 ministers from the coalition called ‘Cap pour le Changement’ (CAP) of President Tshisekedi.
Below is the list of cabinet members, of which 17 percent are women.
– Deputy Prime Ministers
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, Security and Customary Affairs: Gilbert Kankonde Malamba
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals: Celestin Tunda Ya Kasende
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Budget: Jean Baudouin Mayo Manbeke
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Planning: Elysee Munembwe Tamukumwe
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works: Willy Ngoopos Sunzhel
– Senior Ministers
Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs: Marie Tumba Nzeza
Senior Minister, Minister for International Cooperation, Regional Integration and Francophonie: Pepin Guillaume Manjolo Buakila
Senior Minister, Minister of Hydrocarbons: Rubens Mikindo Muhima
Senior Minister, Minister of Decentralization and Institutional Reforms: Azarias Ruberwa Manywa
Senior Minister of State, Minister of Health: Eteni Longondo
Senior Minister, Minister of Water Resources and Electricity: Eustache Muhanzi Mubembe
Senior Minister, Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Welfare: Nene Nkulu Ilunga
Senior Minister, Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education: Willy Bakonga Wilima
Senior Minister, Minister of Gender, Family and Children: Beatrice Lomeya Atilite
Minister of State, Minister of Urban Planning and Housing: Pius Muabilu Mbayu Mukala
Minister of State, Minister of Communication and the Media: David Jolino Diwanpovesa Makelele ma-Muzingi.
– Ministers
Minister of Defense and War Veterans’ Affairs: Aime Ngoy Mukena
Minister of Public Service: Yollande Ebongo Bosongo
Minister of Finance: Jose Sele Yalaghuli
Minister of the National Economy: Acacia Bandubola Mbongo
Minister of the Portfolio: Clement Kuete Nymi Bemuna
Minister of Foreign Trade: Jean Lucien Bussa Tongba
Minister of Mines: Willy Kitobo Samsoni
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and New Information and Communication Technologies: Augustin Kibassa Maliba
Minister of Human Rights: Andre Lite Asebea
Minister of Relations with Parliament: Deogratias Nkusu Kunzi Bikawa
Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development: Claude Nyamugabo Bazibuhe
Minister of Transport and Ways of Communication: Didier Mazengu Mukanzu
Minister of Agriculture: Jean Joseph Kasonga Mukuta
Minister of Fisheries and Livestock: Jonathan Bialosuka Wata
Minister of Rural Development: Guy Mikulu Pombo
Minister of Social Affairs: Rose Boyata Monkaju
Minister of Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity: Steve Mbikaki Mabuluki.
– APA
