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Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1967)
Judith Suminwa Tuluka
is a Congolese politician who was nominated for
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
by President
Felix Tshisekedi
on 1 April 2024, the first woman in the post.
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She remains
prime minister?designate
until her
government
is approved by the
National Assembly
.
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Previous to her nomination as Prime Minister, she was appointed Minister of Planning in the government of Prime Minister
Sama Lukonde
on 24 March 2023.
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Suminwa's cabinet was formally unveiled on 29 May 2024.
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Suminwa obtained a master's degree in applied economics at the
Universite libre de Bruxelles
and a diploma of additional studies in Work in developing countries.
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She worked in the banking sector before joining
United Nations
agencies including the
United Nations Development Programme
where she was a national expert in a community support project in the east of the country. She then worked in the Ministry of the Budget before becoming the deputy coordinator of the Presidential Strategic Watch Council (CPVS).
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