Ghislain Chikez (or Tshikez) Diemu is 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 ...

, and a member of the

People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (''french: Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie'' or PPRD) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the political structure established by the for ...

(PPRD), of which he was previously Secretary General. He joined the

Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFLC; french: Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre; AFDL) was a coalition of Rwandan, Ugandan, Burundian, and Congolese dissidents, disgrun ...

(AFDL) in 1997 and was appointed Vice-Minister of the Interior by Joseph Kabila, and later on, Secretary General of the PPRD. He was also previously Vice-Governor of Katanga province for economic affairs. Starting 6 February 2007, he served as Minister of Defense and Veterans' Affairs (Anciens Combattants), supervising the

FARDC The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo ARDC is the armed forces, state organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FARD ...

, in the government of

Antoine Gizenga Antoine Gizenga (5 October 1925 – 24 February 2019) was a Congolese (DRC) politician who was the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2008. He was the Secretary-General of the Unified Lumum ...

. However President Kabila distrusts the official military structure in Kinshasa and prefers to give instructions directly to the commanders in the east. He was replaced by another politician,

Charles Mwando Nsimba Charles Mwando Simba (18 October 1936– 12 December 2016) was a Congolese politician and member of UNADEF. He was born in Moba, Tanganyika District. From February 6, 2007, to October 2008, he served in the government of the Democratic Republic ...

in October 2008.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110706173702/http://www.congolite.ca/doc41.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Diemu, Chikez Living people Defence ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people