{"id":2037,"date":"2019-05-21T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T15:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2019-05-21T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T15:25:24","slug":"finally-president-tshisekedi-has-appointed-a-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/finally-president-tshisekedi-has-appointed-a-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, President Tshisekedi has appointed a P.M."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Felix Tshisekedi of D.R. Congo has appointed a Prime Minister, nearly four months since he was inaugurated into his office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, was announced as D.R. Congo\u2019s\nnew Prime Minister in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Kasongo\nMwema. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Sylvestre Ilunkamba, left, greets President Tshisekedi, right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Prior to his appointment, Dr. Ilunkamba served as the head\nof the national rail corporation, SNCC. He\u2019s a member of the PPRD party, the\nformer ruling party headed by former president Joseph Kabila, who is in a\ncoalition with President Tshisekedi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, it was Mr. Kabila who proposed Dr. Ilunkamba for the\nposition, a fact he was quick to acknowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would like to thank his Excellency, Joseph Kabila\nKabange, who proposed me as prime minister and assured me of his trust,\u201d said<\/a>\nthe new PM in a press conference shortly after his appointment was made public.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The premiership would have been given to someone, had Kabila\u2019s initial proposal sailed through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n