Sylvain Ngabu Chumbu

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Sylvain Ngabu Chumbu
Minister of State for Higher Education and Universities
In office
5 February 2007 – 25 November 2007
Succeeded by
Minister of Urban Development and Housing
In office
25 November 2007 – 26 October 2008
Succeeded by
Personal details
NationalityDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Sylvain Ngabu Chumbu is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was briefly Minister of State for Higher Education and Universities in 2007.

Ngabu obtained a master's degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Leuven in Brussels.[1] As of March 2006 Ngabu was Permanent Secretary of the Parti Lumumbiste Unifié (PALU).[2] Ngabu was appointed Minister of State for Higher Education and Universities in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga on 5 February 2007.[3] In October 2007 he was interviewed at his office by two journalists. They were asked to leave after a disagreement broke out, and they alleged that they were assaulted by the police who ejected them. Following the incident the press were forbidden from talking to him.[4]

Ngabu was appointed Minister of Urban Development and Housing in the second Gizenga cabinet, announced on 25 November 2007.[5] In July 2008 he signed an MOU for construction of social housing with the NGO Congo développement in partnership with the Fly Investment Group. The project had a broad scope that also included of construction of hospitals, schools, supermarkets, gas stations, parks, hotels, sports complexes, exhibition centers and administrative buildings.[6] He was not included in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, announced on 26 October 2008.[7] His successor as Minister of Urbanism and Habitat, Madam , pledged to continue his development program while recognizing the great challenge involved and the need to reform the ministry to make it practical.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "VISIT OF HIGHER EDUCATION DELEGATION AT UCBC" (PDF). –Christian Bilingual University of Congo. November 19, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  2. ^ "Le Palu en Conseil extraordinaire". Le Potentiel. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  3. ^ "Publication de la liste des membres du gouvernement Gizenga 1". Digital Congo. 06/02/2007. Retrieved 2011-11-17. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Sylvain Ngabu Chumbu victime d'un embargo immérité". L'Observateur (in French). 15.11.07. Retrieved 2011-11-22. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Paulin Kamate (28 November 2007). ""Gizenga II" pourrait-il réussir là où "Gizenga I" a déçu faute". Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  6. ^ "Le gouvernement avalise la construction des logements sociaux à Mitendi". Le Potentiel. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  7. ^ "Publication de la liste des membres du nouveau gouvernement congolais". African Manager. 2008-10-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  8. ^ MMC/Célestin Lutete/Acp (05/11/2008). "Urbanisme et Habitat : Mme Générose Lushiku prête à contribuer à la matérialisation des cinq chantiers de la Rdc". Retrieved 2011-11-22. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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