KINSHASA, DR Congo
Judith Suminwa Tuluka was sworn in early Wednesday as the first female prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Before the National Assembly,
the lower house of the DRC parliament, Tuluka and the other 54 new government
members officially took office after deputies approved Tuluka's action
programme with a required absolute majority.
Tuluka, while presenting her
action programme Tuesday afternoon, said she was proud to have broken the
"glass ceiling" as the first Congolese woman to serve the country as
prime minister.
"By assuming this
position, I am fully aware of the historical importance of this moment and the
symbolism of this appointment for the Congolese nation. I feel both the weight
of the responsibility on me and an immense pride in the idea of representing
within the Republic, the culmination of the efforts of all Congolese men and
women tending to break the famous 'glass ceiling'," noted Tuluka.
She promised to lay the
groundwork for an "emerging Congo" by creating around 2.6 million
jobs and an academy of mathematics and artificial intelligence in Kinshasa,
while laying out actions on national security, economic diversification, infrastructure
connectivity, public services, and climate change.
Holder of a master's degree in
applied economics from the Universite libre de Bruxelles of Belgium, Tuluka was
appointed state minister for Planning in March 2023. From 2020 to 2023, she
also served as deputy coordinator of the Presidential Strategic Monitoring
Council, an agency affiliated with the presidential office.
This new government unveiled
on May 29, consists of 55 members, including the prime minister, six deputy
prime ministers, and 10 state ministers, compared to the 57 members in the
March 2023 reshuffle.
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