Claude Alphonse Nsilou (born 1954"Nsilou Claude Alphonse", ''Congo Brazzaville: Les Hommes de Pouvoir n°1'' Africa Intelligence 29 October 2002 .) is a Congolese politician who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Trade since 2017. Previously he was Minister of Construction, City Planning, and Housing from 2002 to 2017. He is the President of the
Citizen Rally
The Citizen Rally (french: Rassemblement citoyen) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. The party was founded in March 1998 and its President is Claude Alphonse Nsilou, who has served in the government since 2002.
In the parliamentar ...
(RC).
Political career
Nsilou, an architect by profession, was born in
Brazzaville
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. He was the President and Director-General of Sifroid and was a member of the
Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development
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(MCDDI), led by
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. In the power-sharing government of Prime Minister
Denis Sassou Nguesso
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National Assembly
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Florent Ntsiba
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at the head of that ministry on 23 August. His portfolio was slightly reduced on 3 March 2007, when he was appointed as Minister of Construction, City Planning, and Housing.
In the June–August 2007 parliamentary election, Nsilou was again elected to the National Assembly as the RC candidate in the second constituency of
Bacongo
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(part of Brazzaville); he was the only member of the RC to win a seat."La liste complète des députés", ''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 11 August 2007 . After winning 43.13% of the vote in the first round, he faced MCDDI candidate Barthélémy Nkouka in the second round and prevailed. He was subsequently retained in his position as Minister of Construction, City Planning, and Housing in the government named on 30 December 2007.
Nsilou was moved to the post of Minister of State for Trade, Supply and Consumption on 22 August 2017.Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo "Nouvelle équipe gouvernementale: On prend les mêmes et on recommence !" ''La Semaine Africaine'', number 3,719, 25 August 2017, page 3 .