Isidore Mvouba

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Isidore Mvouba

In office
7 January 2005 – 15 September 2009
President Denis Sassou Nguesso
Preceded by Position abolished
Succeeded by Position abolished
Born 1954
Kindamba, French Equatorial Africa (now Congo-Brazzaville)
Political party Party of Labour

Isidore Mvouba (born 1954[1]) is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo from January 2005 to September 2009. He is a member of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT, or Parti Congolais du Travail) and has held key positions under President Denis Sassou-Nguesso since 1997; he was Director of the Cabinet of the Head of State from October 1997 to January 1999, and since January 1999 he has been a minister in the government. When his post of Prime Minister was eliminated in September 2009, he was instead appointed as Minister of State and Coordinator of the Basic Infrastructure Cluster, in charge of Transport, Civil Aviation, and the Merchant Marine.

Mvouba was born in Kindamba, in the Pool Region, and became a railways engineer,[1] working at the Congo-Ocean Railway (Chemin de fer Congo-Océan) beginning in 1976.[2] He directed PCT candidate Sassou-Nguesso's presidential campaign in 1992;[1] after Pascal Lissouba won the election and took office as President, Mvouba declined an invitation from Lissouba to become Minister of Trade. Subsequently, on 25 December 1992, he was appointed as Minister of Youth and Sports in the power-sharing government of Prime Minister Claude Antoine Dacosta, which was to serve until a new parliamentary election was held in 1993.[3]

Mvouba was spokesman of the pro-Sassou-Nguesso United Democratic Forces during the 1997 Civil War.[4] The Civil War resulted in Sassou Nguesso's return to power in October 1997, and Mvouba was appointed as Director of the Cabinet of the Head of State[1][5][6] (with the rank of Minister[6][7]) at the end of the same month.[6] He held that post until being appointed as Minister of Transport, Civil Aviation, and Merchant Navy[5] on January 12, 1999.[8]

It was announced on February 14, 2002 that Mvouba had been appointed as Sassou Nguesso's campaign director for the March 2002 presidential election.[9] Sassou Nguesso won this election with no meaningful competition. Subsequently, in the government named on August 18, 2002, Mvouba was promoted to the position of Minister of State for Transport and Privatization in charge of the Coordination of Government Action.[10] He became Prime Minister in charge of the Coordination of Government Action and Privatization (although not head of government) in the government named on January 7, 2005.[11][12][13] He was appointed as Prime Minister even though the constitution does not provide for that position.[11][14]

He has been a member of the Political Bureau of the PCT and the first secretary of its youth organization, the Union of the Congolese Socialist Youth (UJSC, Union de la jeunesse socialiste congolaise).[1]

Mvouba was elected to the National Assembly as a PCT candidate from Kindamba constituency in the 2007 parliamentary election,[15][16][17] receiving 75.5% of the vote.[17] Following the death of Senate President and PCT Secretary-General Ambroise Noumazalaye on November 17, 2007, Mvouba became Interim Secretary-General of the PCT.[18]

At the time of the June 2008 local elections, Mvouba is President of the National Coordination of the Rally of the Presidential Majority (RMP), the coalition supporting Sassou-Nguesso.[19] After Sassou-Nguesso was re-elected in the July 2009 presidential election, he appointed a new government on September 15, 2009, in which Mvouba's post of Prime Minister was eliminated; Mvouba was instead appointed as Minister of State and Coordinator of the Basic Infrastructure Cluster, in charge of Transport, Civil Aviation, and the Merchant Marine, and he remained the highest-ranking member of the government.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Page on Congolese government at the web site of the Consulate of the Republic of Congo in New Delhi, India.
  2. ^ "Who's Who", CONGO BRAZZAVILLE: LES HOMMES DE POUVOIR n°1, Africa Intelligence, October 29 2002 (French).
  3. ^ Africa Research Bulletin (1993), page 10,847.
  4. ^ "DRCongo: Soldiers raid Sassou-Nguesso supporters' refugee camp", Africa No 1 radio (nl.newsbank.com), October 2, 1997.
  5. ^ a b Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders (2003), page 117.
  6. ^ a b c "Programme Summary - Radio France Internationale 30th October 97 1830 gmt", Radio France Internationale (nl.newsbank.com), October 31, 1997.
  7. ^ Congo-Brazzaville: dérives politiques, catastrophe humanitaire, désirs de paix (1999), Karthala Editions, page 7 (French).
  8. ^ List of governments of Congo since 1999, izf.net (French).
  9. ^ "Nguesso names Campaign Director.", PANA (accessmylibrary.com), February 14, 2002.
  10. ^ "Formation d’un nouveau gouvernement", Afrique Express, N° 254, September 2, 2002 (French).
  11. ^ a b "Remaniement du gouvernement congolais : départ du ministre des Finances", Congopage.com, January 7, 2005 (French).
  12. ^ List of government ministers of the Republic of the Congo, presse-francophone.org (French).
  13. ^ François Soudan, "Les hommes du président", Jeuneafrique.com, January 16, 2005 (French).
  14. ^ "Jan 2005 - CONGO", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 51, January, 2005 Congo, Page 46399.
  15. ^ "La liste complète des députés", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, August 11, 2007 (French).
  16. ^ Gankama N'Siah, "Un mot sur les suffrages des élus du premier tour des législatives", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, July 17, 2007 (French).
  17. ^ a b "Elections législatives : les 44 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 2 July 2007 (French).
  18. ^ "La dépouille mortelle du président du Sénat attendue le 23 novembre à Brazzaville", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, November 22, 2007 (French).
  19. ^ Thierry Noungou, "Elections locales du 29 juin - Isidore Mvouba donne le top de la campagne électorale du RMP", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, June 17, 2008 (French).
  20. ^ "GOUVERNEMENT - La nouvelle équipe compte trente-sept membres", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, September 16, 2009 (French).
Political offices
Preceded by
Position abolished		 Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville
2005–2009		 Position abolished
v • d • e
Prime Ministers of the Republic of the Congo
Colonial: Opangault • Youlou • post abolished, 1959–63 • Independent: Massemba-Débat • Lissouba • Noumazalaye • Alfred Raoul† • post abolished, 1969–73 • Lopès • Goma • Poungui • Poaty-Souchlaty • Moussa* • Goma • Milongo • Bongho-Nouarra • Dacosta • Yhombi-Opango • Ganao • Kolélas • post abolished, 1997–2005 • Mvouba • post abolished, 2009–present
* acting     † military
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