The Barrister

Studies

• Doctor of Law from the University of Paris X-Nanterre, France;
• Law degree from the National University of Zaire;
• Degree in Human Rights of the Center for the Study of Human Rigthts, Columbia University, New York, United States of America;
• Bachelor in Philosophy and Letters of the University of Kinshasa Lovanium;
• Several trainings.

Current functions

• Lawyer since 1975;
• Professor of Law Books published the Protestant University of Congo;
• Member of the Permanent Commission for Reform of Congolese law;

Past positions

• Minister of energy and water resources;
• National deputy (Tshangu);
• Former second president of the National Assembly of the transition;
• Former President of the Bar of Kinshasa;
• Former president of the Association of Young Lawyers of Zaire;
• Former Vice President of the International Association of Young Lawyers;
• Former member of the Board of the Association of Jurists of the Great Lakes.

Books published

• Droit judiciaire privé, éd. Academia Bruylant, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2006 (735 pages);
• Le droit Livres publiés un procès équitable, éd. Academia Bruylant, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2002 (174 pages);
• La question du pouvoir judiciaire en République Démocratique du Congo, Contribution Livres publiés une théorie de réforme, éd. Droit et Idées Nouvelles, Kinshasa, 2001 (530 pages);
• Zaïre : Démocratie improbable, éd. CEDI, Kinshasa, 1997 (275 pages);
• Le droit au procès équitable dans la procédure civile zaïroise, CEDI, 1990, Kinshasa (47 pages).