Ghislain Chikez Diemu is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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, and a member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy

People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy

The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy is a center-left political party of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

, of which he was previously Secretary General. He joined the AFDL in 1997 and was appointed Vice-Minister of the Interior by Joseph Kabila, and later on, Secretary General of the PPRD.

He was also previously Vice-Governor of Katanga

Katanga Province

Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...

 province for economic affairs.

Since 6 February 2007, he has served as Minister of Defense and Veterans' Affairs (Anciens Combattants), supervising the FARDC, in the government of Antoine Gizenga

Antoine Gizenga

Antoine Gizenga is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from December 30, 2006 to 10 October 2008...

. However President Kabila distrusts the official military structure in Kinshasa and prefers to give instructions directly to the commanders in the east. He was replaced by another politician, Charles Mwando Nsimba in October 2008.

Sources

• http://www.congolite.ca/doc41.htm

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