Christophe Muzungu Kabemba, was the interim governor of the city of

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

in the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

from May until November 26, 2001. Muzungu was Minister of Arts and Culture, As such, he spoke out for promotion and protection of the cultural heritage of the Congo region.Congo culture in spotlight with Minister
ifacca.org, 23 August 2004 In February 2005, he decided to reinstate the statue of

King Leopold II * german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor , house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , father = Leopold I of Belgium , mother = Louise of Orléans , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = ...

. He noted that the beginning of the

Congo Free State ''(Work and Progress) , national_anthem = Vers l'avenir , capital = Vivi Boma , currency = Congo Free State franc , religion = Catholicism (''de facto'') , leader1 = Leopo ...

had been a time of some economic and social progress. He argued that people should recognize some positive aspects of the king as well as the negative. However, hours after the six-metre (20 ft) statue was installed near Kinshasa's central station, it was officially removed. Muzungu resigned after the cabinet reshuffle of November 18, 2005. During his ministry, he wrote ''Vagabond,'' a book that deals in depth with the phenomenon " shege" in Kinshasa.

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Personal website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muzungu, Christophe Governors of Kinshasa Government ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministers of Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Governors of provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo