Pierre Marini Bodho

Pierre Marini Bodho
Pierre Marini Bodho
Born	1938; Zeu, Ituri

Pierre Marini Bodho

Pierre Marini Bodho (born 30 March 1938, in , Ituri), was the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Christ in Congo and former President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]^[2]

Marini holds a doctorate in theology from the Faculté Libre de Théologie Protestante de Paris, and other degrees in theology, comparative law, and secondary education.

National role[]

Following the end of the Second Congo War, transitional institutions were established, composed of the former warring parties, as well as representatives of the non-belligerent opposition, and representatives of the civil society.^[3] Consequently, from 2003 to 2007, as a reasonably neutral and consensual figure, and as a representative of the organized religion section of the civil society, Marini also served as the President of the Senate, the upper house of the Congolese Parliament.^[4]

In 2006, he blessed the marriage of the then president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila.^[5]

Preceded by Vacant	Presidents of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo April, 2003 - 2007	Succeeded by Léon Kengo Wa Dondo

References[]

^ Murithi, Timothy (2005). The African Union : Pan-Africanism, peacebuilding and development (Reprinted. ed.). Burlington, VT: Ashgate. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7546-3953-4.
^ "Verbatim of MONUC Weekly Press Briefing of 8 February 2006". United Nations. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
^ "DRC: Parliament launched". IRIN. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
^ Haskin, Jeanne M. (2005). The tragic state of the Congo : from decolonization to dictatorship. New York: Algora Pub. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-87586-416-7.
^ "DR Congo president Kabila marries". New Vision. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

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[1] Murithi, Timothy (2005). The African Union : Pan-Africanism, peacebuilding and development (Reprinted. ed.). Burlington, VT: Ashgate. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7546-3953-4.

[2] "Verbatim of MONUC Weekly Press Briefing of 8 February 2006". United Nations. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

[3] "DRC: Parliament launched". IRIN. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

[4] Haskin, Jeanne M. (2005). The tragic state of the Congo : from decolonization to dictatorship. New York: Algora Pub. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-87586-416-7.

[5] "DR Congo president Kabila marries". New Vision. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

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