Sylvestre Ilunga
Sylvestre Ilunga | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| In office 7 September 2019 – 26 April 2021 | |
| President | Félix Tshisekedi |
| Preceded by | Bruno Tshibala |
| Succeeded by | Sama Lukonde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 (age 77–78) Katanga Province, Belgian Congo (now Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
| Alma mater | Lovanium University |
Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba (born 1947) is a Congolese politician who was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2019, formally establishing his government in August 2019. He has had a long political career going back to the 1970s, having held a number of ministerial cabinet posts, and was previously a professor at the University of Kinshasa since 1979. Ilunga has also been the secretary general of Congo's national railway company. He has a reputation as an experienced public servant and technocrat, as well as an ally of former president Joseph Kabila.