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Marie-Josée Ifoku

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Marie-Josée Ifoku
Governor of Tshuapa Province
In office
October 2016 – October 2017
PresidentJoseph Kabila
Preceded byCyprien Lomboto
Succeeded byPancrace Boongo
Personal details
Born (1965-02-06) 6 February 1965 (age 59)
Kinshasa
Political partyAlliance of Elites for A New Congo

Marie-Josée Ifoku Mputa Mpunga (born 6 February 1965, Kinshasa)[1] is a Congolese politician and was the only female candidate in the 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election. She was also the governor of the Tshuapa Province in 2016–2017.

Biography

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She was born in 1965 in Kinshasa and spent her childhood in Belgium and the Netherlands before returning to the DRC and graduating from a high school in the capital. She later attended a university in France and in Canada. Ifoku worked in real estate and in the automobile industry for several years. In 2004 she returned to the DRC.[2][3]

Ifoku began her political career in 2015 as a deputy special commissioner of Tshuapa Province. She later became vice-governor and then governor of the province. Ifoku cites Catherine Samba-Panza as her inspiration for becoming involved in politics.[2][3]

In 2018 she ran as the presidential candidate of the Alliance of Elites for A New Congo.[2][3]

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