Alphonse Daniel Ntumba Luaba Lumu was the Executive Secretary of

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from December 2011 until 2016. He previously served as the

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Minister of the

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(DR of the Congo). Prior to this appointment, he was a Professor of

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in Kinshasa. He was one of the persons, who represented the DR of the Congo at the

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In May 2003, Ntumba was forced to seek refuge at United Nations, UN controlled facilities during a local bloodbath that killed more than 112 people. This incident was one of several in recent years in which Ntumba's personal safety was threatened by continued internal violence. A year earlier, in 2002, Ntumba was held hostage for a week by Hema militants in

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before being released unharme

Ntumba Luaba held several positions in DRC's government such as MP, deputy minister of justice, minister of human rights, secretary general of government. He was the Director of the national DDR program until his appointment as DRC's representative and executive secretary of the CEPGL (Great Lakes Economic Community).

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