Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja | |
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![]() Nzongola-Ntalaja in 1967 | |
6th DRC Ambassador to the United Nations | |
In office 13 January 2022 – 9 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Ignace Gata Mavita wa Lufuta |
Succeeded by | Zenon Mukongo Ngay |
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Born | Kasha, South Kivu, Belgian Congo | 3 February 1944
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Awards | Best Book Award from the African Politics Conference Group (2004) |
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Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (born 3 February 1944) is a Congolese academic, author, and diplomat. He is a professor of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he specialises in African and global studies. He was also the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations from 2022 until 2023.