Christian Atoki Ileka

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Christian Atok Ileka (born 12 September 1960) is the ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to France. He was named to that position in October 2011, three weeks after the death of his predecessor Myra Ndjoku.[1] He had previously served since 2001 as the Permanent Representative of the RDC to the United Nations.[2]

Born in Kinshasa, Ilea's diplomatic career began in 1985 when he worked as the First Secretary of the embassy of Zaire in Athens. He has worked in his home country for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was a human rights observer in Haiti.[2]

Ileka attended the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium.[2] He is married and has five children.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Christian Atoki Ileka nommé Ambassadeur de la RDC en France" (in French). . 2011-10-10. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "New Permanent Representative of Democratic Republic of Congo presents credentials". United Nations. 2001-05-23. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Permanent Representative of the DRC to the UN
2001–2011
Succeeded by
Ignace Gata Mavita wa Lufuta


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