André Mbata

In this Congolese name, the surname is Mbata and the post-surname is Betu Kumesu Mangu.
André Mbata
First Vice President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 April 2022 (2022-04-27)
PresidentFélix Tshisekedi
Prime MinisterSama Lukonde
Preceded byJean-Marc Kabund [fr]
Chairman of the Political, Administrative and Legal Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2021 (2021-05-20)
Nominated byChristophe Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga
Preceded byLucain Kasongo
National Deputy
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 January 2019 (2019-01-28)
ConstituencyDimbelenge Territory
Personal details
Born (1960-12-13) 13 December 1960 (age 64)
Bena Mbangal, Congo-Léopoldville (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Political partyUDPS
OccupationPolitician, law professor

André Mbata Betu Kumesu Mangu (born 13 December 1960) is a Congolese politician and law professor who has served as the First Vice President of the National Assembly since 2022.[1]

Early life

Mbata was born on 13 December 1960 in the village of Bena Mbangal in the Dimbelenge Territory of Kasaï-Central in Congo-Léopoldville,[2] which had only gained its independence from Belgium a few months prior.

Political career

Mbata was elected as a national deputy for the Dimbelenge Territory in the 2018 Congolese general election, the first such election to take place in seven years, and sworn in on 28 January 2019. He was nominated to the position of Chairman of the Political, Administrative and Legal Commission[a] by National Assembly President Christophe Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga on 20 May 2021, replacing Lucain Kasongo.[3]

On 27 April 2022, he was elected by the National Assembly to replace Jean-Marc Kabund [fr] as First Vice President of the National Assembly, with Mboso continuing as President.[4]

He was subsequently re-elected as both a National Deputy and First Vice-President of the National Assembly in the 2023 elections.[1]

Law career

Mbata is a professor of constitutional law at both the University of Kinshasa and the University of Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa.[5] He is also a member of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the African Constitutional Law Network (RADCL). He is the author of several books, such as On the abolition of the death penalty and constitutionalism in Africa[6] and Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and African Reconstruction.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ French: Commission Politique Administrative et Juridique; PAJ

References

  1. ^ a b "Député André Mbata Betu Kumesu Mangu". Talatala. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ Gras, Romain (2022-04-28). "RDC : André Mbata, nouvel atout de Tshisekedi au bureau de l'Assemblée". Jeune Afrique (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2024-08-16.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Assemblée nationale : André Mbata élu président de la commission (PAJ)". www.mediacongo.net (in French). 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  4. ^ "Assemblée nationale: André Mbata remplace Jean-Marc Kabund au poste de 1er vice-président". Radio Okapi (in French). 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  5. ^ "Mangu, Andre Mbata B". UWC Law Research Portal. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  6. ^ MANGU, ANDRE MBATA BETUKUMESU (2011-09-01). Abolition de la peine de mort et constitutionnalisme en afri (in French). Harmattan. ISBN 978-2296553514.
  7. ^ Mbata Betu Mangu, André (2006). Nationalisme, Panafricanisme et Reconstruction Africaine (in French). CODESRIA. ISBN 9782869781658.