Antipas Mbusa [SEP] country of citizenship
Antipas Mbusa
Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi (born November 15, 1959 in North Kivu) is a politician and former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He leads the Forces for Renewal political party and was Minister of Decentralization and Urban and Regional Planning until September 2011 when he resigned to run for president. He was previously the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2008.
Mbusa is also a member of the political bureau for Together for Change, the opposition political coalition formed by former Katnaga governor Moïse Katumbi to
Alliance for the Renewal of Congo. The ARC allied with the RCD-K-ML of Antipas Mbusa to form the Forces for Renewal, who backed Mbusa in the 2006 presidential elections. In the end Mbusa decided to stand aside in favour of Joseph Kabila before the election and the Forces for Renewal joined the pro-government coalition Alliance of the Presidential Majority. The ARC won 2 seats in the election to the National Assembly.
Forces for Renewal joined the government of Antoine Gizenga in 2007 and Kamitatu became Planning Minister.