Didier Etumba Explained

Didier Etumba Longila
Birth Date:15 July 1955
Birth Place:Kinshasa
Branch:Land Forces
Rank: Army general (since 2013)
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Didier Etumba Longila (born 15 July 1955) is a retired Congolese military officer who served as Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2008 until 2018.

Etumba attended and graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Belgium before joining the Forces Armées Zaïroises. He held important positions in the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo during the First Congo War and Second Congo War. In 2007 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Congolese Navy. He was made Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces the following year.[1] He retired from the post on 14 July 2018. He subsequently worked for Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary's presidential campaign organisation.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: von Billerbeck, Sarah Birgitta Kanafani. Whose Peace?: Local Ownership and United Nations Peacekeeping. Oxford University Press. 2017. 103. 9780198755708.
  2. Web site: RDC : Didier Etumba dans l'équipe de campagne de Shadary. 3 November 2018. Actualite.cd. 26 April 2019. French.