José Endundo Bononge (born 8 August 1943) is a politician born in Équateur province in the

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(DRC). He is the chairman of the

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(''Parti Démocrate Chrétien'' – PDC) and was elected MP for the constituency of

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Biography

Endundo was born on 8 August 1943 in Tondo in

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in Équateur province. He is a pharmacist by training. He held various positions in government departments in the DRC, including the Congolese Control Office (formerly OZAC) and the Office of Roads. He also served as The President of the Franco-Zaïroise Chamber of Commerce. Endundo joined the

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(RCD) for a brief time before joining the

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(MLC) of

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in which he became one of the most influential players. When the Transitional Government was established, he was appointed as The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. He left that post after a parliamentary committee accused him of corruption. He joined with other politicians to create a new political party called the National Union of Christian Democrats (UNADEC).

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was its president. After differences of view within the party leadership, he created a new party called the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). Endundo is also a member of the political bureau for Together for Change, the opposition political coalition formed by former Katanga governor

Moïse Katumbi Moïse Katumbi Chapwe (; born 28 December 1964) is a Congolese businessman and politician. He leads the Together for the Republic party. He was Governor of Katanga Province, located in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fro ...

to support his presidential bid in the upcoming 2018 presidential election.https://ensemble-mk.com/organisation

References

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