Chikez Diemu Explained

Chikez Diemu
Office1:Minister of Defense and Veterans' Affairs
Term Start1:6 Feb 2007
Term End1:October 2008
Successor1:Charles Mwando Nsimba
President1:Antoine Gizenga
Party:People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy
Birth Name:Ghislain Chikez Diemu

Ghislain Chikez (or Tshikez) Diemu is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), of which he was previously Secretary General. He joined the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) in 1997 and was appointed Vice-Minister of the Interior by Joseph Kabila, and later on, Secretary General of the PPRD.

He was also previously Vice-Governor of Katanga province for economic affairs.

Starting 6 February 2007, he served as Minister of Defense and Veterans' Affairs (Anciens Combattants), supervising the FARDC, in the government of Antoine Gizenga. However President Kabila distrusts the official military structure in Kinshasa and prefers to give instructions directly to the commanders in the east.[1] He was replaced by another politician, Charles Mwando Nsimba in October 2008.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Refugees International, U.S. Civil Military Imbalance for Global Engagement: Lessons from the Operational Level in Africa, 2008
  2. Web site: allAfrica.com: Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Axes Foreign and Defence Ministers (Page 1 of 1). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081030015759/http://allafrica.com/stories/200810280619.html. 2008-10-30.