Pierre Moussa

Pierre Moussa (born 24 July 1941[1]) is a Congolese politician, currently serving as Minister of the Economy and Planning. He served in the government from 1979 to 1991 and has again served in the government since 1997. He was Acting Prime Minister from December 1990 to January 1991.

Political career

Moussa was born in Owando, located in northern Congo-Brazzaville.[2] Under President Denis Sassou Nguesso, he became Minister of Planning in 1979,[3] and in the same year he joined the Central Committee of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT).[2][4] He was named as Secretary of the PCT Central Committee in charge of Planning and the Economy in 1984,[4] and on 21 August 1987 his ministerial portfolio was modified when he was appointed as Minister of Planning and Finance.[5] Considered "the regime's economist",[6] Moussa joined the PCT Political Bureau in 1989 and was assigned responsibility for planning and the economy; he was also promoted to the rank of Minister of State for Planning and the Economy in the government named on 13 August 1989.[7] He remained Minister of State for Planning and the Economy until 1991.[2]

After Sassou Nguesso returned to power in the 1997 civil war, he appointed Moussa to the government as Minister of Urban and Regional Planning (Aménagement du territoire) and Regional Development on 2 November 1997.[8][9] In the 2002 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in the first constituency of Owando;[2][10] he won the seat in the first round with 54.53% of the vote.[10] Following the election, his portfolio was modified and he was named Minister of Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, and Economic Integration on 18 August 2002. He was later promoted to the rank of Minister of State for Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Economic Integration, and NEPAD on 7 January 2005.[11]

In the 2007 parliamentary election, Moussa was again elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in Owando's first constituency;[12][13] he won the seat in the first round with 99.94% of the vote.[13] Following the election, he was retained as Minister of State for Planning and Urban and Regional Planning in the government named on 30 December 2007.[11][14] After Sassou Nguesso won another term in the July 2009 presidential election, he organized the government, designating four ministers as coordinators of broad areas of government policy on 15 September 2009; Moussa, as one of the four, was assigned to coordinate economic matters in the government, and he was on the same occasion appointed as Minister of State for the Economy, Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, and Integration.[15]

At the PCT's Sixth Extraordinary Congress, held in July 2011, Moussa was elected to the PCT's 51-member Political Bureau.[16]

References

  1. ^ Page on Moussa at Congo-site.net (2007 archive page) (French).
  2. ^ a b c d "Moussa Pierre", Congo Brazzaville: Les Hommes de Pouvoir n°1, Africa Intelligence, 29 October 2002 (French).
  3. ^ Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (1997), Karthala Editions, page 264 (French).
  4. ^ a b Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique, page 427 (French).
  5. ^ "Sep 1987 - Internal political developments Economic situation-Foreign relations", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 33, September 1987, Congo, page 35,370.
  6. ^ Yearbook on International Communist Affairs (1990), page 12.
  7. ^ Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique, pages 295–296 (French).
  8. ^ "Le gouvernement du Congo formé le 01/11/1997", Afrique Express (French).
  9. ^ Calixte Baniafouna, Congo démocratie : La bataille de Brazzaville (5 juin-15 octobre 1997), page 184 (French).
  10. ^ a b "Elections législatives : les 51 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 5 June 2002 (French).
  11. ^ a b List of governments of Congo since 1999, izf.net (French).
  12. ^ "La liste complète des députés", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 11 August 2007 (French).
  13. ^ a b "Elections législatives : les 44 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 2 July 2007 (French).
  14. ^ "Formation d’un nouveau gouvernement au Congo", Panapress, 31 December 2007 (French).
  15. ^ "Gouvernement - La nouvelle équipe compte trente-sept membres", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 16 September 2009 (French).
  16. ^ Joël Nsoni, "Denis Sassou Nguesso aux congressistes du P.c.t : «Les élections ne se gagnent pas dans les bureaux. Elles se gagnent sur le terrain»", La Semaine Africaine, 30 July 2011 (French).