Odette Krempin
The factual accuracy of part of this article is disputed. The dispute is about Dead of Odette Krempin: According to newspapers it is not sure that she died: [1] (german).. (July 2016) |
Odette Maniema Krempin | |
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Born | [1] | October 30, 1973
Died | June 27, 2016[2][3] | (aged 42)
Nationality | Congolese |
Occupation | honorary consul, philanthropist |
Princess Odette Maniema Krempin (October 30, 1973 – June 27, 2016) was an African entrepreneur, former honorary consul of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Frankfurt am Main,.[4]
Krempin grew up in the province of Maniema, until her family moved to Paris when she was eight years old.[4] She became a tailor, studied fashion design in Paris and Marrakech, and opened a boutique in Niger at the age of 20.[1][4] Krempin moved to Frankfurt am Main in 2007, and founded the Deutsch-Afrikanisches Jugendwerk, a teaching organization.[4]
In September 2011, Krempin was appointed Chairwoman of Somima, a mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5][6]
She was the subject of various scandals involving allegations of fraud, embezzlement of donations and other financial improprieties.[7][8][2] Doubts were also thrown upon the veracity of her business-related claims.[2] In 2012, she declared personal bankruptcy in Germany.[2] For non-payment of personal invoices and failure to appear, a German criminal court sentenced her to a payment of €15,000 in 2015.[2][9]
Together with her then-boyfriend , she disappeared in 2014 while being sought for questioning by Belgian police in the , which had led to multiple arrests and the resignation of Waterloo, Belgium.[10][11]
as mayor ofShe died in Goma in the summer of 2016.[2]
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- ^ a b c d e f "Der rätselhafte Tod von Kongo-Prinzessin Odette". BILD. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Rigot, Marie. ""Princesse" Odette est morte". DH.be. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d Becker, Lilith (July 13, 2009). "Eine Prinzessin aus Afrika" [A princess from Africa]. Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "www.lecongolais.cd". Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ "Somima S.P.R.L.» Management". Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ Huber, Till (10 December 2009). ""Wie in einem schlechten Film" - Prinzessin kontert Spenden-Vorwürfe". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Leppert, Georg (11 December 2009). "Gar keine Prinzessin?". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Schulenberg, Sönke (15 April 2015). "Schöne Prinzessin schwänzt Strafprozess". BILD. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Affaire Duferco : Stephan De Witte a-t-il organisé sa disparition au Congo?". www.rtbf.be. Radio Télévision Belge Francophone. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Belgium detains steel executives on suspicion of Congo bribery". Reuters. 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- 1973 births
- 2016 deaths
- Democratic Republic of the Congo fashion designers
- Businesspeople from Frankfurt
- People from Maniema
- Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Germany