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Antoine Mangalibi Ghonda (born February 19, 1965 in Leuven, Belgium) was the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June 30, 2003 until July 23, 2004. Ghonda grew up in the Bas Congo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was then known as Zaire. During the presidency of Laurent-Désiré Kabila, he joined the Congolese Liberation Movement, a rebel group led by Jean-Pierre Bemba. In 2003, the Congolese Liberation Movement made peace with the national government led by Joseph Kabila and joined a transitional government in which there were several vice-presidents, mostly picked by the rebel groups. Bemba became one of the vice-presidents and was given the power to appoint the foreign minister. Ghonda was given the post.


Ghonda was sacked in July 2004 by Bemba. The exact reason was speculated by Congolese newspapers. They include Ghonda's criticism of troops from Rwanda and Uganda operating on Congolese soil, Ghonda's friendship with Joseph Kabila, and the mentioning of Ghonda by George W. Bush as one of the three pillars of the new Congo, with Bemba not being mentioned.




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Antoine Ghonda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (211 words)
Antoine Mangalibi Ghonda (born February 19, 1965 in Leuven, Belgium) was the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June 30, 2003 until July 23, 2004.
Ghonda grew up in the Bas Congo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was then known as Zaire.
They include Ghonda's criticism of troops from Rwanda and Uganda operating on Congolese soil, Ghonda's friendship with Joseph Kabila, and the mentioning of Ghonda by George W. Bush as one of the three pillars of the new Congo, with Bemba not being mentioned.
monuc.org: Press Review ::: 20/09/2004 (679 words)
Antoine Ghonda appointed roving ambassador by President Joseph Kabila, L'OBSERVATEUR announces, adding that the former minister of foreign affairs has made a comeback to the Congolese political scene as a close aid to President Joseph Kabila.
Having joined ''Joseph Kabila's camp'', Antoine Ghonda is no longer part of MLC "Mouvement de Libération du Congo", L'AVENIR says, indicating that MLC sacked the former minister for ''being discourteous to its sponsor as a rebel movement, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni''.
The paper further says that Ghonda's nomination as ambassador by President Kabila ''proves that the young diplomat is no longer in on MLC leader, Jean-Pierre Bemba's secrets after being sacked by the latter the way he did''.
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