Bertin Mwamba

Bertin Mwamba
Minister for the Post Office, Telegraphs and Telecommunications
In office
November 1965 – 18 December 1966
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office
November 1962 – March 1963
Preceded by Yvon Kimpiobi
Succeeded by Joseph Midiburo
Personal details
Born (1932-09-25) 25 September 1932
Songa, Belgian Congo

Bertin Mwamba or Mwamba Maleba Banze Kabombo (born 25 September 1932) is a Congolese politician who served as the third President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Biography

Bertin Mwamba was born on 25 September 1932 in Songa, Belgian Congo. He received three years of secondary education at the Ecole des Moniteurs. He worked as a teacher from 1953 until 1957, when he became a chartered accountant, holding the latter job until 1960. Mwamba participated in the economic portion of the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference in Brussels from April to May 1960.[1]

Mwamba was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1960,[1] representing a Katangese constituency.[2] From November 1962 until March 1963 he served as the President of the Chamber.[3] In April, following the termination of the Katangese secession, Prime Minister Cyrille Adoula reshuffled his government and appointed Mwamba Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2] He was re-elected to the Chamber in 1965.[1] That November Joseph-Désiré Mobutu took power in a coup. Mwamba was appointed Minister for the Post Office, Telegraphs and Telecommunications, and he held the post until a cabinet reshuffle on 18 December 1966. On 18 January 1967 he was arrested on charges of embezzling $570,000 of government profits from stamp resells while in office.[4]

Mwamba later involved himself in commerce and agriculture. In 1982 he was elected Haut-Lomami Commissar for the Legislative Council with 19,814 votes. He was a member of the Political, Administrative and Judiciary Committee of the Subcommittee on Justice and worked on the parliamentary group for environmental issues.[1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mulumba & Makombo 1986, p. 373.
  2. 1 2 Epstein 1965, p. 150.
  3. ↑ Mwanyimi-Mbomba 1985, p. 81.
  4. ↑ Africa Research Bulletin 1967, p. 702.

References

  • Africa Research Bulletin. 4. London: Blackwell. 1967. OCLC 933316914.
  • Epstein, Howard M. (1965). Revolt in the Congo, 1960–1964. New York: Facts on File. OCLC 875482690.
  • Mulumba, Mabi; Makombo, Mutamba (1986). Cadres et dirigeants au Zaïre, qui sont-ils?: dictionnaire biographique (in French). Kinshasa: Editions du Centre de recherches pédagogiques. OCLC 462124213.
  • Mwanyimi-Mbomba, Mandjumba (1985). Chronologie générale de l'histoire du Zaïre: des origines à nos jours (in French). Kinshasa: Centre de recherches pédagogiques. OCLC 988077488.
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