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Tshisekedi, a member of the Luba ethnic group, was born in Kinshasa on 13 June 1963 to mother Marthe and father Étienne Tshisekedi, who served as Prime Minister of Zaire in the 1990s. [9] He had a comfortable life as a youth in the capital, but when his father created the UDPS in the early 1980s, publicly opposing Mobutu , Félix was forced to ...
Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba (14 December 1932 – 1 February 2017) was a Congolese politician and the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), formerly the main opposition political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Images circulating on social networks showed men in military fatigues, armed with AK47s and chanting "Tshisekedi out" in English. [9] Malanga appeared on a livestreamed video on his Facebook page depicting him at the entrance of the Palais de la Nation flanked by men wearing camouflage with the Zairean flag. Malanga shouted: "Felix, you're out.
Tshisekedi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Denise Nyakéru Tshisekedi (born 1970), wife of Felix; Etienne Tshisekedi (1932–2017), Congolese politician and party leader; Félix Tshisekedi (born 1963), Congolese politician and president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denise Tshisekedi with MONUSCO. In March 2022 Denise Nyakéru Tshisekedi visited the Congolese National Police in Kinshasa during training with MONUSCO concerning gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations. [2] Denise's father, Étienne Nyakeru, was an évolué under Belgian rule. He had a position of responsibility in the administration ...
The party is led by Félix Tshisekedi, who has served as President of the DRC since his election in 2018. Tshisekedi's assumption of the presidency was the first peaceful transition of power in the country since it became independent from Belgium in 1960. [5] He was reelected in 2023. [6] His father Étienne Tshisekedi previously led the party. [1]
The Suminwa government also known as the Suminwa cabinet was formed following the appointment by President Félix Tshisekedi of Judith Suminwa as the first female Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 1 April 2024.
The alliance encountered significant internal conflicts, which emerged when Tshisekedi made critical appointments to military leadership and civilian courts without seeking the endorsement of the FCC. Furthermore, Tshisekedi's decision to appoint two constitutional court judges that were rejected by the FCC further intensified the disagreements ...