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GOHondo
(Phonetic: KENeo)
ommissioner for Foreign Affairs and iniernaiional Cooperation (since
Addressed as: Mr. Minister
Kengo wa Dondo, an accomplished political infighler.eteran of government servicelose adviser to President Mobutu Sese Seko. in an6 Cabinet ahuffic he was demoted to his current position after having served almost four years as First State Commissioner (Primeportfolio now assumed by Mobutu.-Kongo's key role in Zaire's faltering economy and undauntuig support for the publicly maligned IMF program, along with Mobutu's desire to become
more involved in government operations, almost certainly led lo his demotion]
iploma from ibe National School of Administration in) and professional degrees in law and aviation law from the Free University of80 he was Procurer General (equivalent to US Attorneye has also been President of the Judicial Councilabinet-level post roughly equivalent to Minister of Justice)ember of the National Security Council]
appointed First Stale Commissioner
until lie
sonolish doctorwandan mother, Kcngo was born Leon Lobitsch. (He changed bis name in tbes part of Mobutu's campaign to change personal and place names to indigenouse takes his Zairian nationality from his stepfather, who moved him ato Mobutu's home region of Equateur. Because his stepfatherember of the Ngbande ethnic group (Mobutu'sengo's African antecedents are identified asignificant factor in cementing his close relations with the President. V
|lnCommunications Agency student leader grantee. He speaks fluent French. Married, he has several children.
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