Aimé Boji Explained

Aimé Boji
Office:Minister of Budget
Term Start:April 2021
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start1:January 2024
Constituency1:Walungu
Term Start2:30 July 2006
Term End2:February 2019
Office3:Minister of Foreign Trade
Term Start3:19 December 2016
Term End3:2017
Party:Union for the Congolese Nation

Aimé Boji Sangara Bamanyirue is a Congolese politician who has been Minister of Budget in the Cabinet of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since April 2021.[1] He was a Union for the Congolese Nation Member of the National Assembly representing Walungu from 2006 to 2019,[2] [3] [4] and was reelected in the same constituency at the 2023 general election.[5]

He was educated at Collège Alfajiri in Bukavu, Oxford Brookes University (BSc Economics, Business Administration and Management, 1994), the Refugee Studies Centre, and the University of East Anglia (MA Development Economics, 1997). He has been Permanent Secretary of the UNC's National Policy Directorate since 2011. He was formerly Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade.[6] He was previously aligned to the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy. He is the brother-in-law of Vital Kamerhe.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DRC: President Tshisekedi finally forms a government . . 14 April 2021 . 14 August 2021.
  2. Web site: DRC Lawmaker: Government Has Failed to Protect Citizens. Voice of America. 21 July 2015.
  3. Web site: DRC's Opposition Boycotts Senate, Dismisses Kabila's Ploy to Stay in Power. Radio France Internationale. 10 August 2015 . 31 August 2015.
  4. Web site: Le député Boji de Walungu dénonce les astuces des groupes armés rwandais dans les massacres des populations de l'Est. Digitalcongo.net. 19 October 2014. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019053602/http://www.digitalcongo.net/article/44147. 2014-10-19. dead.
  5. Web site: Réélu à l’assemblée nationale, Olive Mudekereza remercie la population du Sud-Kivu d’avoir placé sa confiance en lui . Kivu Times . 18 January 2024 . fr.
  6. News: Equipe ministérielle de Samy Bandibanga. BBC News Afrique. 24 December 2016. French.
  7. News: DRC: Who’s who in the new ministerial crew . Romain . Gras . Stanis . Bujakera Tshiamala . 9 September 2019 . The Africa Report.