Jules-Fontaine Sambwa (12 November 1940 – 4 March 1998) was a

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

an political officeholder and economist.

Biography

Jules-Fontaine Sambwa Pida Nbagui was born in

Mbandaka Mbandaka (, formerly known as Coquilhatville in French, or Coquilhatstad in Dutch) is a city on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo located near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki rivers. It is the capital of Équateur Provinc ...

, on 12 November 1940. He died on 4 March 1998. After graduating in Economy and Finance at the University of Brussels in 1967, he exercised the following high offices in the

Republic of Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

: * Economic council at the President’s Office (1967–1969) * Assistant director at the President’s Office and then, council at the Bank of Zaire (1969–1970) * Administrator at the SOFIDE (1970) * Governor of the

Bank of Zaire The Central Bank of the Congo (french: Banque centrale du Congo) is the central bank of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bank's main offices are on Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi in La Gombe in Kinshasa. The bank is engaged in developing p ...

(from September 1970 to August 1977) * Assistant director at the President’s Office (from March 1979 to August 1980) * Governor of the Bank of Zaire (from August 1980 to April 1985) * Minister of Economy and Industry (1985) * State minister of the Plan (from April 1985 to September 1987) * Vice-premier Commissioner of the Zaire government in charge with the economic sectors (from September 1987 to April 1988) * First commissioner of State of the Zaire government (from April 1988 to November 1988) * President of the Court of Accounts (from November 1988 to January 1990) * Minister of Finance of Zaire (from March 1993 to April 1993 and from April 1993 to July 1994) At the same time, he was also a professor at the

University of Kinshasa The University of Kinshasa (french: Université de Kinshasa), commonly known as UNIKIN, is one of the three major universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, together with the University of Kisangani and University of Lubumbashi. Origin ...

where, as part of the Faculty of Economy, he was "titular to the class of international economy". Visiting Europe since 1991, Jules-Fontaine Sambwa carried on his research and studies on the development of Sub-Saharan Africa until his death. His care for a positive contribution to the reflection of diverse intellectuals on the emergence of rules of law in Sub-Saharan Africa made him accept the office of President of the “Zaire Club 2000” in 1994.

Awards

He had been promised to the following honorary distinctions: * Grand Cordon de l’Ordre national du Léopard (Zaïre) ; * Commandeur de l’Ordre de la Couronne (Belgique) ; * Commandeur de l’Ordre national de la

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

(France) ; * Commandeur de l’Ordre national de la République tunisienne.

References

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