Nicolas Kazadi

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His Excellency
Nicolas Kazadi
Nicolas Kazadi at home.jpg
Nicolas Kazadi in 2018.
Member of Parliament for Miabi
Assumed office
12 February 2024
Education École Nationale d'Administration, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Marien Ngouabi University, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Alma mater École Nationale d'Administration
OccupationDiplomat, politician
ProfessionEconomist
Known for Ambassador-at-large of the Democratic Republic of Congo
CabinetTshisekedi I
Cabinet of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Agency overview
FormedMarch 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)
Headquarters Palais de la Nation
MottoJustice, Paix, Travail (Justice, Peace, Labor)
Agency executive
Website https://presidence.cd

Nicolas Kazadi (born 7 January 1966) is a Congolese politician and career diplomat who has been Ambassador-at-large for the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 7 March 2019 [1] and Minister of Finance since 12 April 2021. [2]

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He is a member of the presidential party Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), the oldest and largest opposition party since President Mobutu cancelled the multi-party system upon his rise to power in 1965.

Education

Kazadi started his university studies at the University of Kinshasa, but transferred to Marien Ngouabi University in neighboring Brazzaville a year later, which is where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in development planning. He continued his studies in France, where he attended the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, obtaining his first Master's degree in Macroeconomics. Kazadi went on to further his studies at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, and obtained a Master's in Economic Regulation and Development Policies. [3]

In 1998, after having kickstarted his professional career at the Central Bank of Congo and the Ministry of Finance for the seven preceding years, Nicolas Kazadi returned to France to attend the prestigious École Nationale d'Administration . As part of the Averroès promotion (1998–2000), he graduated alongside multiple prominent French political figures such as Alexis Kohler, current secretary general of the French presidency l'Élysée, as well as Fleur Pellerin, former French Minister of Culture and Communication, or again Audrey Azoulay, former French Minister of Culture and current Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). [4]

Return to Zaïre and first career in Congolese government

In 1991, Nicolas Kazadi returned to the then Zaïre, starting a career at the Central Bank of Zaïre until transferring to the Ministry of Finance in 1995, as the economic and financial advisor to the minister. [3] [4] [5] It is at the Ministry of Finance that Kazadi is introduced to his colleague Vital Kamerhe, with whom he would work again years later as part of the Presidency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo under President Tshisekedi. [6]

In 1997, Kazadi returned to the new Central Bank of Congo (renamed upon Mobutu's ousting from power) until 1998, the year he returned to France to study at the École Nationale d'Administration . During his second stint at the Central Bank, he was a member of the team in charge of developing and releasing the Zairean zaïre's replacement, the Congolese franc. [3] [7]

In 2001, he returned to Congo and served as Managing Director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Kinshasa. [3] [7]

Diplomatic career

In January 2002, Kazadi left Congo once again and joined the African Development Bank's headquarters in Abidjan, where he served as advisor and acting alternate executive director, representing the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Congo, Burundi and the Central African Republic. [3] [7] [8]

A year and a half later, although remaining in an intergovernmental organization, Nicolas Kazadi joined the United Nations Development Programme and served as a senior economist and chief of the strategic and policy units in Madagascar, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Togo over a period of 15 years. [3] [4] [5] [7]

End of diplomatic career and return to Congolese government

A long time member of the current Presidential party and advisor to its late founder Étienne Tshisekedi, Nicolas Kazadi left his diplomatic career at the United Nations in December 2018, month of the Congolese Presidential elections, to join the candidate Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa. [4] [9] A month and a half after having been elected President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi named him Ambassador-at-large on 7 March 2019. [4] [6] [10]

Kazadi was named Minister of Finance on 12 April 2021 [2] and assumed office on 28 April 2021 [11]

Nicolas Kazadi (left), Angolan President Joao Lourenco (right), and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (behind) 2019. Nicolas Kazadi Angola.png
Nicolas Kazadi (left), Angolan President João Lourenço (right), and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (behind) 2019.

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References

  1. ↑ "RDC : Liste des membres du cabinet du président de la république". La Libre Afrique (in French). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Two Years After Vote, Congo's President Gets His Own Government". Bloomberg.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nicolas Kazadi, Senior Economist, Chief, Strategic & Policy Unit at UNDP". ID4D. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "RDC : Nicolas Kazadi, l'énarque de Félix Tshisekedi". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 13 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 "International Day of Peace: UNREC Raises Awareness on Peace, Disarmament and Development". United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament.
  6. 1 2 "RDC : Tshisekedi nomme l'essentiel des membres de son cabinet (Liste)". Actualite.cd (in French). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "International Medalist Association". www.internationalmedalist.org. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Togo : Lancement du rapport 2015 – Perspectives économiques en Afrique". African Development Bank. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Revue de presse Afrique – A la Une: Tshisekedi et Kamerhe, une arrivée en fanfare". RFI (in French). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "RDC : L'homme d'affaires Luc Gérard Nyafé et Dany Banza parmi les 5 ambassadeurs itinérants nommés par le président F. Tshisekedi". 7sur7 (in French). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "RDC : le nouveau ministre des Finances, Nicolas Kazadi s'engage " servir l'Etat sans s'asservir"". Actualite.cd (in French). 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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