Kasongo Munganga

Professor
Constantin Kasongo Munganga
Chairperson of CAAD
National deputy
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 November 2011
Preceded byBashala Kantu wa Milandu
Caucus Chair of Kasai-Oriental Province in the Congolese National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 November 2011
Preceded byKazadi Nyembwe
Chairperson of CAAD
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 March 2012
CEO of CEEC[1]
In office
2006–2008
CEO of SOFIDE[2]
In office
1998–2000
Personal details
Born (1944-07-22) 22 July 1944 (age 80)
Ngulungu, Katanda Territory, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Political partyCongolese Alliance for Agriculture and Development (CAAD)
SpouseMarie-Antho Mbwaki Kasongo
Children7
Alma materUniversity of Kinshasa

Constantin Kasongo Munganga is a politician and monetarist from the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3] He holds a Ph.D. in economics. In 2011, he was elected MP for the constituency of Katanda Territory, in the Kasai-Oriental province.[4] He is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Expertise, Evaluation, and Certification of Precious and Semi-Precious Mineral Substances, CEEC in short.[1][5] Television audiences nicknamed him "The Man With The Red Knot" because of his appearance on media. Since 1975, he has taught at the Institut Supérieur de Commerce of Kinshasa.

Early life

On Saturday, July 22, 1944, Constantin Kasongo was born in Ngulungu, Katanda Territory. His father, Ilunga Munsensa, was polygamous and died before he was born. He lost his mother at an early age. As an orphan, he could no longer attend school in Katanda. Therefore, he went to continue his middle school in Lusambo. Then, he joined his big brother Gaspard Kazadi who were a farmer in Ngandajika to attend high school. We all know that the first Congolese doctor is a gynecologist, Doctor Ilunga Felicien.[6] But all didn't that he's also Kasongo's big brother who sponsored relocation from the province of East Kasai to the capital Kinshasa, on 1962. Once arrived in Kinshasa, Kasongo registered to College Albert 1st (actually Boboto College), where he graduated from high school, majoring in Poetry and Rhetoric of literature. Afterward, he earned an Economics degree at Lovanium University, now the University of Kinshasa.

Education

  • Early education and High school
  • Higher education

Early education and High school

Kasai-Oriental Province

  • Elementary school: in Katanda
  • Middle school: in Lusambo
  • High School: College Saint George in Ngadanjika

Kinshasa

He moved to Kinshasa in 1962 for school reasons.

  • High School: Boboto College

Higher education

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Economics from Lovanium University (1970)

Graduate

  • Master in Development Economics from the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)[7] Dakar, Senegal (1979-1982)
  • Master in Monetary Economic at The Catholic University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1982–83)
  • Diploma of Advanced Economic Studies in Monetary, Financial and International Economics at the University of Kinshasa.
  • Ph.D. in economics at the University of Kinshasa, after defending publicly his doctoral thesis on "mutations of economic structures for a self-centered and auto-dynamic development of the country".[8]

Publication

  • Tentatives de Stabilisation Économique au Zaïre,' is available on JSTOR[9]
  • La problématique des programmes d’ajustement structurel durable en Afrique : contraintes d’appropriation et leçons de l’expérience congolaise de 1975 à 2012», Doctoral thesis on "mutations of economic structures for a self-centered and auto-dynamic development of the country".[8]

Employment /Occupation

Family

On Saturday December 9, 1972, Constantin Kasongo married Antoinette Mbwaki with live music performed by the famous Tabu Ley Rochereau. They had seven children (5 sons and 2 daughters).

Accomplishments

Social in Katanda

  • The construction of Kasongo Munganga Stadium in Katanda Territory in 2014[11]
  • He installed the first broadcast Station in Katanda in 2013.
  • The construction of Health Care Center Katanda in 2012.

Professional in Kinshasa

  • At the time he was the CEO of the CEEC,[1] to promote the diamond industry, gold, coltan and other precious and semi-precious mineral substances, his management introduced several authorizations to the shareholders. Once the government approved through its minister Kalele Kabila, this new CEO initiated the exploitation of several semi-precious mineral substances nationwide. His managerial approach increased significantly the mining production.[5] Also, to prevent fraud of precious and semi-precious minerals, Kasongo's management implemented internal training of Congolese evaluators after having installed scanners at Congolese international airports, according to the Kimberley Process.[5] The result in production and traceability was successful. (2006 to 2008).
  • During its financial recovery, SOFIDE should be liquidated because of its bankruptcy. In its capacity as the major shareholder, the Central Bank of the Congo appointed Kasongo as the new CEO to give a strong signal for its rescue. Kasongo's management succeeded so to spare SOFIDE[2] from its liquidation (1998-2000).

References

  1. ^ a b c d "CEEC | Ministère des Mines".
  2. ^ a b c "Historique Sofide". Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  3. ^ "Constantin Kasongo Munganga: "Je suis dans l'opposition mais je soutiens la politique du chef de l'Etat"". Radio Okapi (in French). 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  4. ^ "ELECTIONS DES DEPUTES NATIONAUX DE 2011" (PDF). lavdc.net (in French). 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  5. ^ a b c "Le CEEC décide de combattre en RDC la fraude des matières précieuses, notamment le diamant !" [The CEEC decides to fight the fraud of precious materials, particularly diamonds, in the DRC!] (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-08-14.
  6. ^ "Le député Jacques Mokako propose le retour à l'appellation "Zaïre"". Le Plus grand site d'info en RDCongo (in French). 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  7. ^ "Eca - Idep".
  8. ^ a b "Une thèse sur des mutations de structures économiques" [A thesis on changes in economic structures]. digitalcongo.cd (in French). 8 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  9. ^ MUNGANGA, KASONGO (1979). "Tentatives de Stabilisation Economique Au Zaire". Afrique et Développement. 4 (2/3): 68–91. JSTOR 24487171.
  10. ^ Rédaction, La. "Nomination de Samy Badibanga: Le Caucus des députés nationaux du Grand Kasaï remercient Joseph Kabila | Groupe de Presse l'Avenir". groupelavenir.org (in French). Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  11. ^ "Carte Postale - POUR LES KASAI". pourlekasai.cd. Retrieved 2017-04-21.