Floribert Kaseba Makunko

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Floribert Kaseba Makunko is the mayor of the city of Lubumbashi in Katanga Province (in 2009, Haut-Katanga Province) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997.

A decree of November 15, 2005 the President of the Republic, Joseph Kabila, confirmed Floribert Kaseba in these functions as mayor of Lubumbashi.

His many works advocating clean the city of Lubumbashi have earned him the nickname "Bulaya 2000".

Floribert Kaseba Makunko has also invested in the campaign to the culture of peace and tolerance. He managed to bring together the Katangan and kasaïens under the ousted regime of Mobutu. This struggle has won him in March 2002, the Unesco Prize "City for Peace" for Africa 2000-2001, which was awarded to Marrakesh in Morocco during the sitting of the 107th Inter-Parliamentary Conference of Members francophones.

Kaseba Makunko was elected deputy national for the city of Lubumbashi in 2006.