Gael Bussa Obambule (born August 2, 1993, in

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) is a Congolese lawyer and politician. He was elected National Deputy in the

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of Budjala, in the province of South-Ubangi, in the

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Biography

Gael Bussa was born on August 2, 1993, in

in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at the time the

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. He is the son of Jean-Lucien Bussa Tongba, the current Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade, and Petronelle Mambetuku Kimpioka. He studied for a degree in

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and graduated in public International Law from the Protestant University in the Congo in 2018.

Career

In 2015, while still a student and passionate about entrepreneurship, he created a

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''Racof'' and, later in March 2016, a

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called ''Ya Ba Jeunes'' with the aim of contributing to the

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, awakening and awareness of Congolese youth. On January 19, 2015, he mobilized in

students outside the Protestant University in the Congo and in

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to protest against the draft

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which would require a population census before the

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to delay the date of the elections and lengthening the term of President Joseph Kabila. Gael Bussa takes part in several

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s and political demonstrations alongside the political parties of the dynamic of the opposition which demand the organization of the Elections within the Constitutional deadline, as well as the enrollment of new adults by the

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. In December 2018, Gael Bussa was elected National Member of Parliament in the

Philanthropy

Gael Bussa carries out several actions in favor of vulnerable and destitute people. He supports the free Education program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, anxious to give children a good education through better study conditions, and in 2019 rehabilitates a primary school in Lukunga (

district).

Personal life

Gael Bussa is married to Alicia Salawa, a Congolese lawyer.

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