Boussoukou-Boumba, a member of the Bakongo ethnic group,[2] was born in Kibangou, part of Niari Region and located in the south of Congo-Brazzaville.
[1][6] Boussoukou-Boumba was subsequently appointed as Ambassador to the United States on 12 October 1993 and presented his credentials on 9 December 1993, serving in that post until April 1996.
[1] After Sassou Nguesso returned to power in October 1997, he appointed Boussoukou-Boumba to the government as Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Craft Industry on 2 November 1997;[2][8] later, in the government named on 12 January 1999, Boussoukou-Boumba's portfolio was expanded and he was appointed as Minister of Trade, Supplies, Small and Medium Enterprises, and the Craft Industry.
[14] He was initially defeated by an independent candidate, Serge Victor Ignoumba,[15] but on 26 October 2007 the Constitutional Court annulled the election in Kibangou (along with three other constituencies).
[13][17] In the August 2008 Senate election, Boussoukou-Boumba stood as a candidate of the Rally of the Presidential Majority (RMP) coalition in Niari Region, but failed to win a seat.