Alexandre Luba Ntambo

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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). [3] He was trained as a chemist. [4] He gained a pharmacists' diploma from Kinshasa University in 1975, and he has worked for Gecamines since 1981. [3]

He was appointed as Minister of National Security on April 28, 2012. [4]

He has expressed confidence in the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. [5] In 2012, he praised the Southern African Development Community for adding more troops to the eastern region of the DRC. [6]

He is married and a father of five children. [3]

References

  1. CIA World Leaders, Democratic Republic of the Congo Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Washington, D.C." Archived from the original on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  3. 1 2 3 "Défense nationale : Le ministre Luba présenté aux éléments des FARDC". 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 Un bouc émissaire nommé Luba Ntambo, Le Congolais , September 19, 2012
  5. Launching of the activities of the Military Assessment Team in Goma, DRC Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today , Goma, 26 September 2012
  6. Agence Ecofin, Selon le FMI, la RD Congo « est en train de décoller » Archived 2014-01-04 at the Wayback Machine , Economie Matin, October 28, 2012