Former sport minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, is the new prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Before being appointed he was the Director-General of Gecanine, DR Congo’s biggest parastatal mining company.
The 43-year-old has a month to form a government that will lead the so-called Sacred Union, the new majority in the parliament.
The Sacred Union is President Tshisekedi’s new coalition announced on 6 December after breaking his collaboration with former President Joseph Kabila.
The new prime minister is replacing Ilunga Ilukamba, an ally of Mr Kabila, who resigned at the end of January.
BBC
