Raymond Ramazani Baya

Raymond Ramazani Baya (16 June 1943 – 1 January 2019) was a Congolese politician. He served as the foreign minister of that country[1] under the transitional government following his appointment to that post on July 23, 2004, by vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was allowed to appoint the foreign minister.

Raymond Ramazani Baya
Ramazani Baya in 2010
Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office
July 22, 2004 – February 6, 2007
PresidentJoseph Kabila
Preceded byAntoine Ghonda
Succeeded byAntipas Mbusa
Ambassador of Zaire to France
In office
1990–1996
Personal details
Born(1943-06-16)June 16, 1943
Beni, Belgian Congo
DiedJanuary 1, 2019(2019-01-01) (aged 75)
Paris, France

Biography

Ramazani was a long-time member of the regime of President Mobutu, most prominently as Minister of Information[2] and as Ambassador to France.[3]

After the fall of Mobutu a year later, in 1997, Ramazani became dissatisfied with the new government of Laurent Kabila. He joined the Movement for the Liberation of Congo, a rebel group based in Gbadolite which was led by Jean-Pierre Bemba. In 2003 the group entered into a transitional government with other rebel groups and the Joseph Kabila government. Bemba became a vice-president and, among other things, was able to appoint the foreign minister. Antoine Ghonda became foreign minister, but Ramazani was by this time an important advisor on diplomacy to Bemba. He became foreign minister in 2004 when Ghonda was sacked. His time in that post ended in February 2007, at the beginning of President Joseph Kabila’s second term, when the government of Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga took office. He died on 1 January 2019.[4]

References
  1. "Rwanda is invading: Congo officials". Sydney Morning Herald. Associated Press. 2 December 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  2. Africa research bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series, Volume 41. Blackwell. 2004. p. 5831. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  3. Groupe Jeune Afrique (2004). Jeune Afrique L'intelligent: Issues 2269-2276 (in French). p. 8. Retrieved 10 November 2010. Raymond Ramazani Baya, universitaire, ex-journaliste et ancien ambassadeur à Paris...
  4. "RDC: Décès du sénateur Raymond Ramazani Baya à Paris". Politico.cd (in French). 1 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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