Leonard Mashako Mamba (March 15, 1951 – September 25, 2017) was a politician in the

Democratic Republic of the 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 ...

. He was Minister of Health and close to

Laurent-Désiré Kabila Laurent-Désiré Kabila () (27 November 1939 – 18 January 2001) or simply Laurent Kabila ( US: ), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who was the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassinatio ...

, at his side during his assassination on 16 January 2001. He left the government when the Transitional Government in 2003 was installed, replaced by Dr. Jean Yagi Sitolo, former Governor of the

Province Orientale Orientale Province ( French: ''Province orientale'', "Eastern province") is one of the former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its predecessors the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It went through a series of boundary ...

. He returned as Minister of Higher Education in the first and second

Adolphe Muzito cabinet The Adolphe Muzito cabinet consists of the ministers of state, ministers and vice-ministers that form the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo under Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, who took office on 10 October 2008. First cabinet Th ...

s, holding this position as of September 2011.

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1951 births 2017 deaths Government ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people {{DRCongo-politician-stub