Ntumba Luaba Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Professor
Ntumba Luaba
Order:2nd
Office:Executive Secretary of ICGLR
Term Start:15 December 2011
Term End:2016
Predecessor:Liberata Mulamula
Successor:Zachary Muburi-Muita
Term Start2:June 2009
Term End2:December 2011
Birth Place:Katanga Province, DRC
Nationality:Congolese
Children:6
Alma Mater:University of Kinshasa
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Alphonse Daniel Ntumba Luaba Lumu was the Executive Secretary of International Conference on the Great Lakes Region from December 2011 until 2016.[1]

He previously served as the Human Rights Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR of the Congo). Prior to this appointment, he was a Professor of Public International Law in Kinshasa. He was one of the persons, who represented the DR of the Congo at the International Court of Justice at the Hague.http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/icrw/icrwcrs/crw_icr_2005_17_20050704.htm

In May 2003, Ntumba was forced to seek refuge at UN controlled facilities during a local bloodbath that killed more than 112 people. This incident was one of several in recent years in which Ntumba's personal safety was threatened by continued internal violence. A year earlier, in 2002, Ntumba was held hostage for a week by Hema militants in Bunia before being released unharmed.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3024441.stmNtumba Luaba held several positions in DRC's government such as MP, deputy minister of justice, minister of human rights, secretary general of government. He was the Director of the national DDR program until his appointment as DRC's representative and executive secretary of the CEPGL (Great Lakes Economic Community).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile: Ntumba Luaba . https://archive.today/20130809013522/https://icglr.org/spip.php?article208 . dead . 9 August 2013 . icglr.org . 8 August 2013 .