Kasongo Munganga
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Professor Constantin Kasongo Munganga Chairperson of CAAD | |
|---|---|
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| National deputy | |
| Assumed office 28 November 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Bashala Kantu wa Milandu |
| Caucus Chair of Kasai-Oriental Province in the Congolese National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 28 November 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Kazadi Nyembwe |
| Chairperson of CAAD | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2012 | |
| CEO of CEEC[1] | |
| In office 2006–2008 | |
| CEO of SOFIDE[2] | |
| In office 1998–2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 July 1944 |
| Party | Congolese Alliance for Agriculture and Development (CAAD) |
| Spouse | Marie-Antho Mbwaki Kasongo |
| Children | 7 |
| Alma mater | University of Kinshasa |
Constantin Kasongo Munganga is a politician and monetarist from the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3] He holds a Ph.D. in economics. In 2011, he was elected MP for the constituency of Katanda Territory, in the Kasai-Oriental province.[4] He is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Expertise, Evaluation, and Certification of Precious and Semi-Precious Mineral Substances, CEEC in short.[1][5] Television audiences nicknamed him "The Man With The Red Knot" because of his appearance on media. Since 1975, he has taught at the Institut Supérieur de Commerce of Kinshasa.
On Saturday, July 22, 1944, Constantin Kasongo was born in Ngulungu, Katanda Territory. His father, Ilunga Munsensa, was polygamous and died before he was born. He lost his mother at an early age. As an orphan, he could no longer attend school in Katanda. Therefore, he went to continue his middle school in Lusambo. Then, he joined his big brother Gaspard Kazadi who were a farmer in Ngandajika to attend high school. We all know that the first Congolese doctor is a gynecologist, Doctor Ilunga Felicien.[6] But all didn't that he's also Kasongo's big brother who sponsored relocation from the province of East Kasai to the capital Kinshasa, on 1962. Once arrived in Kinshasa, Kasongo registered to College Albert 1st (actually Boboto College), where he graduated from high school, majoring in Poetry and Rhetoric of literature. Afterward, he earned an Economics degree at Lovanium University, now the University of Kinshasa.
Education
- Early education and High school
- Higher education
Early education and High school
Higher education
Undergraduate
Bachelor of Economics from Lovanium University (1970)
Graduate
- Master in Development Economics from the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)[7] Dakar, Senegal (1979-1982)
- Master in Monetary Economic at The Catholic University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1982–83)
- Diploma of Advanced Economic Studies in Monetary, Financial and International Economics at the University of Kinshasa.
- Ph.D. in economics at the University of Kinshasa, after defending publicly his doctoral thesis on "mutations of economic structures for a self-centered and auto-dynamic development of the country".[8]
Publication
- Tentatives de Stabilisation Économique au Zaïre,' is available on JSTOR[9]
- La problématique des programmes d’ajustement structural durable en Afrique : contraintes d’appropriation et leçons de l’expérience congolaise de 1975 à 2012», Doctoral thesis on "mutations of economic structures for a self-centered and auto-dynamic development of the country".[8]
Employment /Occupation
- Caucus chair of the Kasai-Oriental in the Congolese National Assembly[10] (2012 to Dec 2018).
- National deputy in the Congolese National Assembly for the constituency of Katanda Territory, in the province of Kasai-Oriental (2011 to Dec 2018).
- CEO of the Center for Expertise, Evaluation, and Certification of Precious and Semi-Precious Mineral Substances, CEEC in short,[1] (2006 to 2008).
- CEO of SOFIDE[2] appointed by the Central Bank of the Congo (1998-2000).
- Financial Analyst at the Central Bank of the Congo (1992 and retired on 2004).
- Economics Professor in charge of Money and Banking courses at Institut Supérieur de Commerce Archived 2017-04-22 at the Wayback Machine (1974 to Present).
- Economic and Financial Advisor at the Interior and Security Ministry (1970-1974).
Family
On Saturday December 9, 1972, Constantin Kasongo married Antoinette Mbwaki with live music performed by the famous Tabu Ley Rochereau. They had seven children (5 sons and 2 daughters).
- J.B. Kasongo Musenga, Congolese Ambassador to Egypt since 2022