Ghislain Chikez (or Tshikez) Diemu is a politician in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

, and a member of the

People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (' or PPRD) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the political structure established by the former president of the country, Joseph Kabila. In the 2006 general ...

(PPRD), of which he was previously Secretary General. He joined the

Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (), also known by the French acronym AFDL, was a coalition of Rwandan, Ugandan, Burundian, and Congolese dissidents, disgruntled minority groups, and nations that toppled Mobut ...

(AFDL) in 1997 and was appointed Vice-Minister of the Interior by Joseph Kabila, and later on, Secretary General of the PPRD. He was also previously Vice-Governor of Katanga province for economic affairs. Starting 6 February 2007, he served as Minister of Defense and Veterans' Affairs (Anciens Combattants), supervising the FARDC, in the government of

Antoine Gizenga Antoine Gizenga (5 October 1925 – 24 February 2019) was a Congolese politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2008. He was the secretary-general of the ...

. However President Kabila distrusts the official military structure in Kinshasa and prefers to give instructions directly to the commanders in the east. He was replaced by another politician, Charles Mwando Nsimba in October 2008.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110706173702/http://www.congolite.ca/doc41.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Diemu, Chikez Living people Minister of Defence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people