| Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita | |
| Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Defense |
| Term Start: | 12 June 2024 |
| Primeminister: | Judith Suminwa Tuluka |
| Term Start1: | 12 February 2024 |
| Office2: | Director General of the Official Journal of the DRC |
| Term Start2: | 6 December 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Louis Marie Walle Lufungula |
| Birth Date: | 14 May 1964 |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Guy Kabombo Muadiamvitaet Mireille Malengele Kuzoma (born 14 May 1964[1]) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Defense since 12 June 2024.[2] He served as the director general of the Official Journal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita was born 14 May 1964 in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental.[1] [4]
He attended primary and secondary school in Mwene-Ditu. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences from the l'Institut Facultaire de Développement (IFAD).[5] He has an advanced studies diploma (DEA) in public law from the University of Kinshasa.[5] He has some medical training from l'Institut de formation en soins infirmiers (IFSI) Tenon Débrousse (AP-HP) in Paris.[5]
In his youth he served as a party activist from Mwene-Ditu with the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS).[5] He helped popularise the influential December 1980 Lettre des 13 parlementaires (Letter of the 13 parliamentarians) which denounced the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko.[6] [5] He served as the youth mobilization leader and president of UDPS party in France.[5]
He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo parliamentary election for the Mwene-Ditu district.[7] Since Étienne Tshisekedi objected to the results of the election, he did not take his seat.
He was elected again to the National Assembly in the 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election for the Tshilenge District in Kasaï-Oriental. He took office on 12 February 2024.[8] [9] He is reported to be a friend and confidant of Félix Tshisekedi.[10]
On 21 November 2019 he was made the acting Director General of the Official Journal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (JORDC). On 6 December 2019, his appointment was made official.[5] [11] [12]
He was appointed to the defense minister position on 28 May 2024 as part of the Suminwa cabinet.[2] He succeeds Jean-Pierre Bemba who was shuffled into the transportation minister position.[13] His appointment comes shortly after the 2024 coup attempt and during the ongoing hostilities facing the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.[2] [14]
He is married with five children.[5]