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07KINSHASA119
2007-01-31 13:50:00
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Embassy Kinshasa
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IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY

Tags:  PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS 
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY
OF SENATE SEATS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000119

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY
OF SENATE SEATS


1. (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in
Bandundu gave Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority
(AMP) a narrow majority of seats in Prime Minister Antoine
Gizenga's home province. The pro-Kabila PPRD won two of the
province's twelve Senate seats, as did Mbusa Nyamwisi's
Forces du Renouveau (FN); Gizenga's PALU won one. AMP allies
in two other parties won one seat apiece. Independent
candidates won two seats, while the MLC and two of its UN
coalition allies won one seat apiece.


2. (SBU) Biographical information:


Sylvain Mbuku Nuni (Independent)

Mbuku, 65, was elected to the Mobutu-era legislature in 1977
and 1982. He was a member of the economic and financial
committee and the mines and energy sub-committee. He is a
native of Kipuna, Bandundu. Born May 17, 1941.


Jonathan Bialosuka Wata (CRD)

Bialosuka, 41, was defeated for the National Assembly in July

2006. Born July 4, 1965.


Albert Nzofu Shamanzil (FR)

Nzofu, 66, was born November 6, 1940.


Hippolyte Musema Mambakila (MLC)

Musema, 55, was the primary and secondary education minister
in 1997. He participated in the Sovereign National
Conference in 1991 as a member of its social and cultural
committee. He had a twenty-year career as a secondary school
teacher. He was born in Kiala-Kasa on December 15, 1951.


Damien Ilunga Gutumbuga (PALU)

66 years old, architect. Born June 20, 1940.


Saturnin Luono Kimbanga (FR)

Luono, 61, is a career Central Bank official. He was
defeated in a bid for the National Assembly in 2006. He has
a degree in economics. Born April 6, 1945.


Jean Philibert Mabaya Gizi Amine (CDC)

Mabaya, 57, is the current president and former vice
president of CDC. After a long career at the transportation
parastatal ONATRA, he was named CEO in 1999. He is a civil
engineer, and earned his degree with distinction at the
University of Kinshasa. He participated in the construction
of the Inga dam in 1974 and worked with Gecamines in Kolwezi
in 1973. He was born in Masi-Manimba on September 6, 1949.


Pascal Masela Lakangaliema (PPRD)

Masela, 67, was a Mobutu-era legislator, winning elections in
1981, 1982, and 1987. He is a former senior police official.
He was born in Sembo-Masa on March 1, 1939.


Francois Kaniki Ituome (Independent)

Kaniki, 53, is the brother of Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo,
Archbishop of Kisangani. He was defeated in a run for the
National Assembly in 2006 as an MLC candidate. He has been
chairman of the shipping firm SDV Agetraf since October 1990.
He served as counselor to the prime minister from 1981-1982.
He received law degrees from universities in Kinshasa and
Brazzaville and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He
was born in Nioki, Bandundu, on January 15, 1954.


Andre Boboliko Lokonga (PDSC)


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Boboliko, 72, was defeated in his run for the National
Assembly in 2006. He was an important politician in the
Mobutu era, and served at various times as Prime Minister,
the president of the Zairean parliament, and senator. He was
the labor minister in the 1960 college of commissars in power
at the time of Patrice Lumumba's death. He received a degree
in social work from the University of Louvain. He was born
in Lobaniti, Bandundu on August 15, 1934.


Joseph M'pambia Musanga Bekaja (PDC)

M'pambia, 71 years old, served under Mobutu as governor of
Bas-Congo, Western Kasai, and Equateur at various times; he
was deputy governor of Orientale, Nord Ubangi district
commissioner in Equateur, and the Lukunga district
commissioner in Kinshasa. He served as the Mayor of Kananga
from 1974-1975 and the high commissioner of Haut-Katanga from
1971-1972. He earned his degree in economics and finance
from Catholic University of Louvain in 1964. He was born in
Nisotin, Bandundu on November 28, 1935.


Celestin Mokelo Mumba Kebeke (PPRD)

Mokelo, 60, is a pharmacist. He was previously head of the
analysis department of the Congolese Office of Quality
Control. Born November 28, 1945.
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