The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) has the following duties:
* Administration of justice
* Exercise of the regulatory power
* Control of Judicial Activities
* General supervision of judicial personnel
* Keeping seals and monitoring institutional reforms
*Overseeing the prison system's operations
The ministry exercises the rights conferred by the Code of Organization and Judicial Jurisdiction, Law on the Status of Magistrates, and the Penal and Civil Procedure Codes.
During the course of its history, the country was known as
Zaire
Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...
. Most recently, in 2010, the Ministry of Human Rights merged with the Ministry of Justice.
List of ministers
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Rémy Mwamba
Rémy Mwamba (1921–1967) was a Congolese politician who twice served as Ministry of Justice (Democratic Republic of Congo), Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), Republic of th ...
(1960)
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Marcel Lihau
Marcel Antoine Lihau or Ebua Libana la Molengo Lihau (29 September 1931 – 9April 1999) was a Congolese jurist, law professor and politician who served as the inaugural First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Congo from 1968 un ...
(1960–1961)
*Rémy Mwamba (1961–1962)
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Jean-Chrysostome Weregemere
Jean-Chrysostome Weregemere or Weregemere Bingwa Nyalumeke (born 5 September 1919) was a Congolese politician who led a faction of the . He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Congolese government from August 1961 until July 1962 and then ...
(1962)
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Justin Marie Bomboko
Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (22 September 1928 – 10 April 2014), was a Congolese politician and statesman. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Congo. He served as leader of the Congolese government as chairman of the Co ...
(1963-1965)
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N'Singa Udjuu (1966-1968)
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Étienne Tshisekedi
Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba also Known as Tshisekedi The Father (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 pa ...
(1968-1969)
* Thomas Lwango (1969)
* Bruno Ndala (1969-1970)
* Muyembe Kanza Tshibangu (1972)
* A'Dokpe Lingo Nzondomio (1973-1974)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice* Kabuita Nyamabu (1975-1976)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mulenda Shamwenge Mutebi (1976-1977)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mampuya Kanunk' a-Tshiabo (1977)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mozagba Ngbuka Bamangwa (1980-1981)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Inonga Lokongo L'Ome (1981-1982)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Vunduawe Te Pamako (1982)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mazanga Ngbuka Bomanga (1983)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*
Gerard Kamanda Wa Kamanda (1984)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*
Bayona Ba Meya (1984-1985)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mobutu Sese Seko (1985-1986)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Singa Udjuu (1986-1988)
eferred to as the State Commissioner for Justice*Mayabo Nkulu (1991)
*Mokuba (1992)
*Roger Glaanga (1993)
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Gerard Kamanda Wa Kamanda (1994)
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N'Singa Udjuu (1994-1997)
*Celestin Lwangi (1997-1998)
* Mwenze Kongolo
(1998-2001)
* Ngele Masudi
(2001-2003)
* Honorius Kisimba Ngoy
(2003-2006)
* Pierre Ilunga Bundu wa Biluba
(2006-2007)
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Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda (2007-2008)
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Luzolo Bambi Lessa (2008-2012)
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Wivine Mumba Matipa (2012-2015)
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Alexis Thambwe Mwamba
Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (born May 6, 1943) is a Congolese politician who has assumed various political roles and offices since the early 1980s going from Minister of Public Works, Minister of State Portfolio, Minister of Transportation, Minister of ...
(2016–2019)
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Rose Mutombo Kiese (2021–2024)
See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
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Democratic Republic of 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 ...
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Justice
In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...