Nzanga Mobutu | |
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![]() Mobutu in 2010 | |
Leader of the Union of Mobutist Democrats | |
Assumed office 8 January 2007 | |
Deputy Prime Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security | |
In office 20 February 2010 – 10 March 2011 | |
President | Joseph Kabila |
Prime Minister | Adolphe Muzito |
Deputy Prime Minister for Basic Social Needs | |
In office 26 October 2008 – 20 February 2010 | |
President | Joseph Kabila |
Prime Minister | Adolphe Muzito |
Minister of State for Agriculture | |
In office 5 February 2007 – 10 October 2008 | |
President | Joseph Kabila |
Prime Minister | Antoine Gizenga |
Personal details | |
Born | Nzanga Ngbangawe Mobutu 24 March 1970 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Nationality | Congolese |
Political party | Union of Mobutist Democrats |
Spouse | Catherine Bemba Mobutu |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Mobutu Sese Seko Bobi Ladawa Mobutu |
Alma mater | American University of Paris |
Occupation | Politician |
Nzanga Mobutu (born 24 March 1970 in Kinshasa)[1] is a Congolese politician. A son of the long-time President Mobutu Sese Seko, he served in the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2007 to 2011, initially as Minister of State for Agriculture and subsequently as Deputy Prime Minister for Basic Social Needs and Deputy Prime Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security. He received the fourth-highest number of votes in the 2006 presidential election. In 2007, Nzanga founded the Union of Mobutist Democrats as the successor to his father's Popular Movement of the Revolution and has led the party since.