Aimé Ngoy Mukena (28 April 1954 – 22 May 2022) was a political figure from the

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who has served as Minister of Petroleum and Gas since 26 September 2015. He previously served as

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under President

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. He was a founding member of the

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(PPRD), one of the most influential political parties in the Congo where he served as its Executive Secretary in charge of interior and decentralization. Mukena studied

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at the University of Lausanne, Ethics, Theology and Human Resources Management at the

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, and African Linguistics at ISP Lubumbashi. His past offices include Governor of Katanga (2001–2004), member of the national assembly (2006–2011), member of the board of directors at SNCC (2011). He was professor of

at the

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in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A professor by profession, Mukena has published a number of academic books and journal articles on political economy and philosophy. He is also known as one of the political heavyweights from the Southern province of Katanga.

Early life and education

Aimé Ngoy Mukena was born in Lubumbashi, capital of Katanga province. He received a PhD in

from the

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in 1999, and a Post-graduate degree in Theology, Ethics and Human Resources Management at the

. He also received a bachelor's degree in philosophy and African linguistics at ISP-Lubumbashi.

Career

Mukena worked successively at

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, a mining company located in the Southern province of Katanga, the Fondation des Oliviers, the University of Lausanne and the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Geneva. Upon his return to the Congo, he worked as Member of the Constituent and Legislative Assembly in the Transitional Parliament in 2000 and later worked as chairman of the board of directors of the

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(RVA). Between 2001 and 2004, Mukena served as governor of the Province of Katanga. In the 2006 general elections, he was elected member of the Congolese National assembly for a five-year term, ending in 2011. In September 2011, he was appointed member of the board of directors of the

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. On 8 December 2014, he was appointed Minister of Defense and Veterans affairs in the new government. Following the reshuffling of the Government, Mukena was given the Petroleum and Gas portfolio. Aside from his political career, he also taught philosophy and history of political and economic thought at the

Published work

* La dimension politique et économique de la " Révolution de la modernité " in Frontières et gouvernance sécuritaire pour le développement économique de la République Démocratique du Congo. L'Harmattan 2013. * Parcours de l'histoire de la philosophie négro-africaine : A l'usage des étudiants de deuxième graduat en Philosophie * Tout arrive à tous et autre nouvelles. Lubumbashi : Editions pensées du sud,

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* La critique du sens de l'Homme dans l'économisme occidental totalitaire au départ de la pensée de L.S. Senghor, 2000 * Monseigneur Fariala, ou, Le salaire du péché : (drame en cinq tableaux), 2002 * Première épître aux enfants de mon village : sur le double événement du mois de mai, 2004 * Ma vision du Katanga : un nouveau regard sur une cité natale à rebâtir * L'hégémonie du peuple et la fin des idéologies de domination : dialogues sur la Cité, 2000 * " Senghor : l'homme et le penseur enveloppent une énigme ", in Mbegu n°31, juin 2003, Lubumbashi, Centre de Recherche et d'Animation Pédagogique, 2003, p. 27

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukena, Aime 1954 births 2022 deaths Government ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Minister of Defence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo People from Lubumbashi University of Geneva alumni University of Lausanne alumni Governors of Katanga Province People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy politicians 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo