Olivier Kamitatu Etsu [SEP] date of birth
Olivier Kamitatu Etsu
Olivier Kamitatu Etsu (born 17 April 1964 in Brussels) politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and former Planning Minister in the government of Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon and the leader of the Alliance for the Renewal of Congo (ARC) political party. Kamitatu is the President of the Africa Liberal Network.
Kamitatu was a member of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo of Jean-Pierre Bemba who was appointed Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly. However he was suspended by Bemba and founded the
the party's leadership, leading him to create a splinter wing of the party the following year. He retired from politics in the late 1990s. He died of a disease in South Africa on 12 October 2008.
Kamitatu is remembered in the Congo as one of the "fathers of independence".
Family.
Kamitatu was married to politician Marie-José Mafuta Mingi. They had a son named Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, another politician.