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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).
Félix Tshisekedi (born 1963) 2018 2023: 24 January 2019 Incumbent 6 years, 26 days UDPS: Timeline. Rank by time in office. Rank President Time in office 1
Tshisekedi, 60, who came to power in 2018 following a disputed election in the world's largest producer of battery material cobal. KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix ...
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
General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 December 2023. Combined elections were held for the President, 484 of the 500 members of the National Assembly, 700 of the 716 elected members of the 26 provincial assemblies, and for the first time under the new constitution, 951 members of a scaled down number of commune (municipal) councils.
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]
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.