The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) has the following duties:
* Administration of justice
* Exercise of the regulatory power
* Control of Judicial Activities
* General supervision of judicial personnel
* Keeping seals and monitoring institutional reforms
*Overseeing the prison system's operations
The ministry exercises the rights conferred by the Code of Organization and Judicial Jurisdiction, Law on the Status of Magistrates, and the Penal and Civil Procedure Codes.
During the course of its history, the country was known as
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, ...
. Most recently, in 2010, the Ministry of Human Rights merged with the Ministry of Justice.
List of ministers
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Rémy Mwamba (1960)
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Marcel Lihau
Marcel Antoine Lihau or Ebua Libana la Molengo Lihau (29 September 1931 – 9April 1999) was a Congolese jurist, law professor and politician who served as the inaugural First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Congo from 1968 u ...
(1960–1961)
*Rémy Mwamba (1961–1962)
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Jean-Chrysostome Weregemere
Jean-Chrysostome Weregemere or Weregemere Bingwa Nyalumeke (born 5 September 1919) was a Congolese politician who led a faction of the . He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Congolese government from August 1961 until July 1962 and then ...
(1962)
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Justin Marie Bomboko (1963-1965)
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N'Singa Udjuu (1966-1968)
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Étienne Tshisekedi
Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba (14 December 1932 – 1 February 2017) was a Congolese politician and the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), the main opposing political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ...
(1968-1969)
* Thomas Lwango (1969)
* Bruno Ndala (1969-1970)
* Muyembe Kanza Tshibangu (1972)
* A'Dokpe Lingo Nzondomio (1973-1974)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice* Kabuita Nyamabu (1975-1976)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mulenda Shamwenge Mutebi (1976-1977)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mampuya Kanunk' a-Tshiabo (1977)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mozagba Ngbuka Bamangwa (1980-1981)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Inonga Lokongo L'Ome (1981-1982)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Vunduawe Te Pamako (1982)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mazanga Ngbuka Bomanga (1983)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*
Gerard Kamanda Wa Kamanda (1984)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*
Bayona Ba Meya (1984-1985)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mobutu Sese Seko (1985-1986)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Singa Udjuu (1986-1988)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mayabo Nkulu (1991)
*Mokuba (1992)
*Roger Glaanga (1993)
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Gerard Kamanda Wa Kamanda (1994)
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N'Singa Udjuu (1994-1997)
*Celestin Lwangi (1997-1998)
* Mwenze Kongolo
(1998-2001)
* Ngele Masudi
(2001-2003)
* Honorius Kisimba Ngoy
(2003-2006)
* Pierre Ilunga Bundu wa Biluba
(2006-2007)
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Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda (2007-2008)
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Luzolo Bambi Lessa (2008-2012)
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Wivine Mumba Matipa (2012-2015)
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Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (2016–present)
See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in ...
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Democratic Republic of 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 ...
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Justice
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...