Dorothée Gizenga

Gizenga was born in Kisangani on 29 September 1961 to Antoine Gizenga and Asta Marie-thérèse Mondili. Her brother was Lugi Gizenga.^[2] She earned a degree in economics from York University and a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan.^[3]

After spending 37 years in Canada, Gizenga returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019. Upon her return, she became Secretary-General of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU). Her brother put her in charge of organizing a party unification congress. After her brother's death in June 2020,^[4] she assumed several positions within the party, including PALU representative in Canada and assistant coordinator for external relations.^[5]

Gizenga died in Kinshasa on 18 February 2022, at the age of 60.^[6]