Bruno Tshibala

Bruno Tshibala Nzenze (born 20 February 1956) is a Congolese politician who served as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017–2019.

[1][2][3] He finished primary and secondary education in Lubumbashi and studied law at the Marien Ngouabi University in Brazzaville.

[4] In December 1980, he, along with 13 parliamentarians wrote a letter to ask President Mobutu for democratic reforms while the country was still under the one-party system.

On 7 April 2017, then-President Joseph Kabila appointed him as Prime Minister during a nationwide televised address.

[7] On 9 October 2016, he was arrested at N'djili International Airport when he was about to board a plane to Brussels and was held at Makala Central Prison.