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He won the support of 413 of the 423 deputies present and replaced his mentor Vital Kamerhe who resigned in September ahead of a vote to remove him.
The DRC’s National Assembly has a new president in Aimé Boji Sangara. He won the support of 413 of the 423 deputies present and replaces his mentor Vital Kamerhe who resigned in September ahead of a vote to remove him.
Originally from South Kivu in eastern DRC, 57-year-old Sangara has spent almost 20 years in politics. He represented Walungu Territory from 2006 to 2019 and was reelected in 2023. He has a master’s degree in development economics from the University of Oxford. He’s held a number of ministerial posts including Minister of Foreign Trade, Minister of Budget and, most recently, Minister of Industry.
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A member of the Union for the Congolese Nation, his multiple government appointments have raised questions about where his loyalties lie: with his own party or with President Felix Tshisakedi and the ruling coalition, the Sacred Union of the Nation.
