After extensive reflection and planning following the appointment of Judith SUMINWA as Prime Minister on April 1, 2024, the composition of the new government was announced this Wednesday, May 29, on the Congolese National Radio and Television (RTNC)[1].
This government, beginning the second term of President Félix TSHISEKEDI, is composed of 53 members, a reduction from the 57 members of the previous government of SAMA LUKONDE II. Among the members of the SUMINWA team, 30 are new ministers, 15 former ones have been retained, and 9 reassigned to other ministries. It includes six Deputy Prime Ministers, nine State Ministers, 24 Ministers, four Delegate Ministers, and 10 Deputy Ministers.
The complete list of the new DRC government distributed according to their function :
• Deputy Prime Ministers :
Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior, Security, Decentralization, and Customary Affairs: JACQUEMAIN SHABANI
Deputy Prime Minister of Transport: JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA
Deputy Prime Minister of National Defense and Veterans Affairs: GUY KABONGO MUADIAMVITA
Deputy Prime Minister of Economy: DANIEL MUKOKO SAMBA
Deputy Prime Minister of Public Service, Modernization, and Innovation: JEAN-PIERRE LIHAU EBUA
Deputy Prime Minister for Planning and Development Aid Coordination: GUYLAIN NYEMBO
• State Ministers :
Minister of State for Agriculture: GREGOIRE MUTSHAYI
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs: THERESE WAMBA WAGNER
Minister of State for National Education and New Citizenship: RAISSA MALU
Minister of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development: EVE BAZAÏBA
Minister of State for Infrastructure and Public Works: ALEXIS GISARO
Minister of State for Justice: CONSTANT MUTAMBA
Minister of State for the Budget: AIME BOJI SANGARA
Minister of State for Land Affairs: ACACIA BANDUBOLA MBONGO
Minister of State for Rural Development: MOHINDO NZANGI
Minister of State for Spatial Planning: GUY LOANDO MBOYO
• Ministers :
Minister of Finance: DOUDOU FWAMBA LIKONDE
Minister of Industry and SMEs: LOUIS KABAMBA WATUM
Minister of Water Resources: TEDDY LWAMBA MOBA
Minister of Mines: KIZITO KAPINGA MULUME
Minister of Hydrocarbons: AIME MOLENDO SAKOMBI
Minister of Employment and Labor: EPHRAIM AKUAKUA
Minister of Urban Planning and Housing: CRISPIN MBADU
Minister of Human Rights: CHANTAL MWADIAMVITA
Minister of Public Health: SAMUEL KAMBA
Minister of Higher Education: SAFI SONGO AYANE
Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation: GILBERT KABANDA
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and New Information and Communication Technologies and Digital Affairs: AUGUSTIN KIBASA
Minister of the Portfolio: JEAN LUCIEN BUSSA
Minister of Social Action and Solidarity: NATHALIE AZIZA
Minister of Foreign Trade: JULIEN PALUKU
Minister of Regional Integration: DIDIER MAZENGA
Minister of Communication: PATRICK MUYAYA KATEMBWE
Minister of Vocational Training: MARC EKILA
Minister of Gender, Family, and Child: LEONIE KANDOLO OMOYI
Minister of Fisheries and Livestock: JEAN-PIERRE TSHIMANGA BWANA
Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage: YOLANDE ELEBE
Minister of Tourism: DIDIER MPAMBIA MUSANGA
Minister of Sports and Recreation: DIDIER BUDIMBU
Minister of Youth and Patriotic Awakening: NOELLA AYEGANAGATO NAKWIPON
• Deputy Ministers :
Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Cooperation: BESTINE KAZADI
Minister Delegate to the Minister of Urban Planning and Housing, in charge of City Policy: DIDIER TENGE TE LITHO
Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Environment: STEPHANIE MBOMBO
Minister Delegate to the Minister of Social Affairs, responsible for people living with disabilities: ESAMBO DIATA.
• Deputy Ministers :
Deputy Minister of the Interior: EUGENIE TSHELA KAMBA
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: GRACE YAMBA
Deputy Minister of Justice: SAMUEL MBEMBA
Deputy Minister of Budget: ELYSEE MOKWAMWANA MAPOSO
Deputy Minister of Finance: ONEIGE NSELE
Deputy Minister of Defense: SAMY ADUBANGO
Deputy Minister of Initiation to New Citizenship: JEAN-PIERRE KEZAMUDRO
Deputy Minister of Mines: GODARD MOTEMONA
Deputy Minister of Hydrocarbons: WIVINE MOLEKA
Deputy Minister of Customary Affairs: JEAN-BAPTISTE MWAMI NDEZE
