Aimé Boji

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Aimé Boji
Minister of Budget
Assumed office
April 2021
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
January 2024
ConstituencyWalungu
In office
30 July 2006 – February 2019
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office
19 December 2016 – 2017
Personal details
Political partyUnion for the Congolese Nation
Alma materOxford Brookes University
University of East Anglia

Aimé Boji Sangara Bamanyirue is a Congolese politician who has been Minister of Budget in the Cabinet of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since April 2021.[1] He was a Union for the Congolese Nation Member of the National Assembly representing Walungu from 2006 to 2019,[2][3][4] and was reelected in the same constituency at the 2023 general election.[5]

He was educated at Collège Alfajiri in Bukavu, Oxford Brookes University (BSc Economics, Business Administration and Management, 1994), the Refugee Studies Centre, and the University of East Anglia (MA Development Economics, 1997). He has been Permanent Secretary of the UNC's National Policy Directorate since 2011. He was formerly Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade.[6] He was previously aligned to the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy. He is the brother-in-law of Vital Kamerhe.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DRC: President Tshisekedi finally forms a government". The Africa Report. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ "DRC Lawmaker: Government Has Failed to Protect Citizens". Voice of America. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "DRC's Opposition Boycotts Senate, Dismisses Kabila's Ploy to Stay in Power". Radio France Internationale. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Le député Boji de Walungu dénonce les astuces des groupes armés rwandais dans les massacres des populations de l'Est". Digitalcongo.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Réélu à l'assemblée nationale, Olive Mudekereza remercie la population du Sud-Kivu d'avoir placé sa confiance en lui". Kivu Times (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Equipe ministérielle de Samy Bandibanga". BBC News Afrique (in French). Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  7. ^ Gras, Romain; Bujakera Tshiamala, Stanis (9 September 2019). "DRC: Who's who in the new ministerial crew". The Africa Report.