Sylvestre Ilunga

Sylvestre Ilunga
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office
7 September 2019 – 26 April 2021
PresidentFélix Tshisekedi
Preceded byBruno Tshibala
Succeeded bySama Lukonde
Personal details
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Katanga Province, Belgian Congo (now Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Alma materLovanium University

Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba (born 1947, Katanga Province, Belgian Congo) is a Congolese politician who was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2019, formally establishing his government in August 2019. He has had a long political career going back to the 1970s, having held a number of ministerial cabinet posts, and was previously a professor at the University of Kinshasa since 1979. Ilunga has also been the secretary general of Congo's national railway company.[1][2][3] He has a reputation as an experienced public servant and technocrat, as well as an ally of former President Joseph Kabila.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ New DRC Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga is a political and professor. Radio France International, 21 May 2019
  2. ^ DR Congo PM appointed under 'political agreement' with Kabila. Yahoo News, 20 May 2019
  3. ^ DR Congo's Tshisekedi names new prime minister. France24, 20 May 2019
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference dw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Sylvestre Ilunga appointed as prime minister of DR Congo. Xinhua, 20 May 2019
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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