The Minister of Defence and Veterans () is a minister of the DR Congo government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and supervises the

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo ARDC is the state organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FARDC was rebuilt pat ...

. The President,

Félix Tshisekedi Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019. He is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) ...

is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Defence ministers, formally Ministers of Defence, and Veterans (Ancien Combattants), since the post-2002 transition began have been: * Jean-Pierre Ondekane (of the Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma (RCD-G)), July 2003-January 2005 * Adolphe Onusumba Yemba (of RCD-G), January 2005-February 2007 * Chikez Diemu, February 2007-October 2008 * Charles Mwando Simba, October 2008-April 2012 * Alexandre Luba Ntambo, April 2012-December 2014 * Aime Ngoy Mukena, December 2014-September 2015 *, September 2015- Laurent-Desire Kabila was serving as his own minister of defence in October 1997, and

Joseph Kabila Joseph Kabila Kabange ( , ; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, Pres ...

was doing the same while President in August 2002.Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Previous defence ministers before 2003 included: *Jerome Anany (1960s) *Admiral Mavua Mudima (c.1994-97) *General

Likulia Bolongo Norbert Likulia Bolongo (born 8 July 1939) is a Congolese former politician and general. He served as the last Prime Minister of Zaire from 9 April 1997 to 16 May 1997, before his deposition after the First Congo War. He was born in Basoko, Orien ...

(c. 1997)

References

*Omasombo 2009 * Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Defence Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense indus ...

1960 establishments in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) {{DRCongo-stub