Franck Mwe di Malila | |
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Deputy-minister of Planning | |
Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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President | Joseph Kabila |
Prime Minister | Samy Badibanga |
Deputy-minister of international relations and regional integration | |
In office 8 December 2014 – 19 December 2016 |
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President | Joseph Kabila |
Prime Minister | Augustin Matata Ponyo |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo |
22 January 1968
Nationality | Congolese |
Political party | UFC |
Spouse(s) | Marie-Claire Kengo (m. 2017) |
Alma mater | College Saint Vincent de Soignies, CERIA de Bruxelles |
Franck Mwe di Malila, (born 22 January 1968) is a congolese politician and adviser to the senate president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Léon Kengo Wa Dondo. He previously served as Deputy Minister of International Relations and National Integration. Currently he is the Deputy Minister of Planning and related to the in Germany living congolese Artist Jonathan Mwe di Malila. He is a descendant of the Mwe di Malila family, which belongs to the most famous families in Kinshasa, Bas-Congo and Cabinda.
Franck Mwe di Malila grew up in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Belgium. He was raised by his father, the congolese businessman, estate owner, president of the Woyo Alliance and Football official of the L'AS Dragon, Edouard Lendje Héritier Mwe di Malila Apenela. He attended the primary school Lycée Français de Kinshasa and then went to the Ecole des Carrières in Soignies (Belgium). Later he studied humanities at the College of Saint Vincent in Soignies. At the CERIA in Brussels he graduated with the diploma in business administration, organization and development.
From 1992 to 1994 Franck Mwe di Malila was responsible for the administration Part at Exxon in Kinshasa as a manager. From 1994 to 1997 he was the managing director of Zaïre Technical Service.
Besides his business activities as a manager, he remained as a private advisor to the director of the Presidents cabinet of the Republic from 1993 to 1997. From 2007, he found himself in the wake of Senate President Leon Kengo. He is also married to Marie-Claire Kengo, Kengos daughter. They have three children, who grew up in the Congo and Belgium. Through his marriage to Kengos daughter, he developed an intensive political relationship with his father-in-law, leading to becoming his political adviser, a position he will hold until joining the government.