Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma (18 September 1947 – 5 October 2016) was one of four

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in the transitional government of the

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. He was sworn in on 17 July 2003, and left office in December 2006. Ngoma was born in Kalima in the province of

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. He previously worked as a

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lecturer and for the

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Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He was imprisoned in 1997 and then went into exile for a brief period. He led the rebel group

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, but left it in 1999. He ran for President of Congo in 2006 as the candidate of the Force of the Future party, receiving 0.34% of the vote.Elections in Congo-Kinshasa
African Elections Database. He died in Paris at the age of 69 in 2016.

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