Charles Mwando Simba is a Congolese politician and member of UNADEF. Since October 2008 he has been the Defense Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 in Adolphe Muzito

Adolphe Muzito

Adolphe Muzito is a Congolese politician who has been the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2008. Muzito, a member of the Unified Lumumbist Party , was previously Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga from 2007 to 2008.Muzito, who is from Gungu,...

's cabinet, succeeding Chikez Diemu

Chikez Diemu

Ghislain Chikez Diemu is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy, of which he was previously Secretary General...

.

Previously, since 6 February 2007, he was Minister of Rural Development in the government of Antoine Gizenga

Antoine Gizenga

Antoine Gizenga is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from December 30, 2006 to 10 October 2008...

. He also served as a Minister during the Congo's second republic and was governor of Grand Kivu for twelve years.

According to the MLC he has had Belgian nationality since 28 May 2002, as it can be see on page 29149 of the letter signed by the Belgian king