Raymond Tshibanda’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Democratic Republic of Congo politician
Is Diplomat
Politician
From Democratic Republic of the Congo
Type Politics
Gender male
Birth

20 November 1950

Age 70 years

Raymond Tshibanda (born November 20, 1950), is the President of the Liberal Christian Democrats Union, a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was also the DRC’s Foreign Minister 2012 to 2016.

Career

Tshibanda was a member of the Ministry of Planning of what was then Zaire from 1976 to 1979, where he was in charge of External Resources Mobilization and Development. During that time, he was also a member of the faculty of the University of Kinshasa. From 1981 to 1984, he was a member of the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh. In 1985, he started working in the Office of the Prime Minister of Djibouti as Principal Economic Advisor. From there, he worked in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1988 until 1991, at which time he began working in the Office of the Prime Minister of Zaire as Deputy Director of the Cabinet. Tshibanda was then a member of the National Assembly of Zaire from 1994 to 1996. Afterwards, he was Minister of Environment, Conservation of Nature and Tourism from 1996 to 1997. In 2003, he returned to the Minister of Planning as Vice Minister. He has served as President of the Liberal Christian Democrats Union, as well as Director of the Cabinet in the Office of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 2007. He became Foreign Minister on April 28, 2012.

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