Alexandre Luba Ntambo

Alexandre Luba Ntambo is a politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He serves as the Deputy Prime Minister under President Joseph Kabila.[1][2] He also serves as the Minister of Defence and Veterans' Affairs.[2] He took the post on 28 April 2012.

Biography

He was born on 14 December 1947 at Manono (Katanga). He was trained as a chemist.[3] He gained a pharmacists' diplôma from Kinshasa University in 1975, and is married and a father of five children.

He was appointed as Minister of National Security on April 28, 2012.[3]

He has expressed confidence in the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.[4] In 2012, he praised the Southern African Development Community for adding more troops to the eastern region of the DRC.[5]

References

  1. ↑ CIA World Leaders, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  2. 1 2 Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Washington, D.C.
  3. 1 2 Un bouc émissaire nommé Luba Ntambo, Le Congolais, September 19, 2012
  4. ↑ Launching of the activities of the Military Assessment Team in Goma, DRC, Goma, 26 September 2012
  5. ↑ Agence Ecofin, Selon le FMI, la RD Congo « est en train de décoller », Economie Matin, October 28, 2012


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