Charles Richard Mondjo | |
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 Mondjo in 2019 | |
| Born | January 28, 1954 |
| Occupation | Military officer |
Charles Richard Mondjo (born 28 January 1954) is a Congolese military officer who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Defense since 2012. Previously, he was Chief of Staff of the Congolese Armed Forces from 2002 to 2012. [1]
An ethnic Mbochi [2] and the son of diplomat Nicolas Mondjo, [1] [2] Charles Richard Mondjo was born in Brazzaville on 28 January 1954, attending school in Cuvette Department [1] [2] and Brazzaville. [1] Subsequently, he attended military preparatory school. [1] [2] He received training at a military school in East Germany from 1976 to 1978 and at a military school in the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1986. [3]
Back in Congo-Brazzaville, Mondjo served as an army officer, [1] [2] and he was Director of Lessons and Studies at the Marien Ngouabi Military Academy in Brazzaville from 1987 to 1993. [3] He sided with rebel leader Denis Sassou Nguesso during the June–October 1997 civil war; the war ended with Sassou Nguesso regaining power and ousting President Pascal Lissouba. [2] In December 1997, Mondjo was appointed as Commander of Military Zone 1, which included the country's economic capital, Pointe-Noire; he remained in that post for five years. [1] [2] He was appointed as Chief of Staff of the Congolese Armed Forces on 20 December 2002, [1] and he was promoted to the rank of major-general (général de division). [2]
After serving nearly ten years as Chief of Staff, Mondjo was appointed to the government as Minister at the Presidency for National Defense on 25 September 2012. [1] [4] He was officially succeeded as Chief of Staff by Major-General Guy Blanchard Okoï at a ceremony on 7 November 2012. [5]
Mondjo met with French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Brazzaville on 11 February 2014 for a discussion about instability in the Central African Republic. [6]
After Sassou Nguesso's victory in the March 2016 presidential election, he retained Mondjo in his post as Minister of National Defense on 30 April 2016. [7]
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