Frederic Kibassa Maliba
| Frédéric Kibassa Maliba Masele | |
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| Deputy Minister of Mines | |
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In office 1997–1998 |
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| Minister of Mines | |
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In office 1998–2000 |
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| Minister of Youth and Sports | |
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In office 1987–. |
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| Born | 28 December 1939 Élisabethville, Belgian Congo (now: Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo) |
| Died | 5 April 2003 Brussels, Belgium |
Frédéric Kibassa Maliba (28 December 1939 - 5 April 2003) was a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Kibassa held the positions of Deputy Minister of Mines and then Minister of Mines in the Laurent-Désiré Kabila government. He was accused of misappropriating funds in June 2000, while he was Minister of Mines.
Kibassa was born on 28 December 1939 near Lubumbashi in Katanga Province. He attended primary and secondary schools in his hometown. He then attended the University of Congo, still in Lubumbashi. His studies were in preparation for a diplomatic career. From 1965 until 1966 he was a provincial minister of Education. He was elected Deputy of Lubumbashi in 1970 and again in 1975. In 1979 he was appointed State Commissioner for Sports and Leisure.
In November 1980, Kibassa was among thirteen members of parliament who signed an "open letter to the president of the republic", a ten-point document cataloging corruption and abuse of power in the regime, and calling for legalization of a second political party. The thirteen signatories were arrested and stripped of their parliamentary seats. He was a founding member of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social, UDPS) in 1982, and the party's first President. While president of the UDPS, in 1987 he joined the government of President Mobutu Sese Seko. He was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports.
In 1991 the UDPS split into two factions. The UDPS-Orthodoxe was led by Etienne Tshisekedi and the UDPS-Legale by Kibassa Maliba. In October 1991 Kibassa Maliba was serving as chairman of the Union Sacrée de l'Opposition Radicale (USOR), which was formed in 1991 as a coalition of opposition groups that included the UDPS. In January 1993 troops from the elite Division spéciale présidentielle made a rocket attack on Kibassa's family home. His 28-year-old son Berthos was killed and other family members Badly injured. Tshisekedi Wa Mulumba was the prime minister of the country during this assassination of Bertho Kibassa Maliba and assassination attempt on the life of Mr. Frederic Kibassa Maliba. In June 1994 soldiers fired on people gathered in front of Kibassa Maliba's home. As of 1994 he was still president of USOR and leader of the main opposition UDPS.
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