By the General Inspectorate of Finance of embezzlement of public funds of up to $205 million and criminal association during his tenure as Prime Minister
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Matata Ponyo Mapon Augustin
Matata Ponyo Mapon is a Congolese politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 18 April 2012 to 17 November 2016. Previously he served as Minister of Finance from 21 February 2010 to 12 April 2012; as Prime Minister, he retained responsibility for the finance portfolio. He currently serves as Senator for Maniema. On 3 May 2022, he founded the political p…
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Born 5 June 1964 · Q57883
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2020· 2 entries
Campaign: 2020: Head of the Presidential Election Observation Mission in Guinea.
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2016· 1 entry
Started writing his doctoral thesis entitled "la qualité de l'ajustement budgétaire et croissance économique en RDC" (The quality of budgetary adjustment and economic growth in the DRC)
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2014· 1 entry
For his interest and attention given to the education sector
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2012· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2012–2016).
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2011· 1 entry
While he was Minister of Finance, Matata Ponyo was responsible for compensating the victims of the Zairianization policy decreed by Mobutu Sese Seko in the 1970s
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2010· 2 entries
Career landmark: Ministry of Finance of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2010–2012).
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Launched a program to modernize and rejuvenate the financial administration through a recruitment and placement program for young Congolese academics, recruited on an extremely competitive basis
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1983· 1 entry
Obtained his High school diploma from the Bwindi Institute in Bukavu and began his studies at the University of Lubumbashi, then at the University of Kinshasa where he graduated in economics in 1988
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-06-05.
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