Jean Kimbembe Mazunga is a civil engineer in mechanics, and has been working at "Office des routes" since 1986; he was the governor of the city-province of Kinshasa

Kinshasa

Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....

, 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...

, from November 15, 2005 to October 16, 2006. Originally from the province of Bas-Congo

Bas-Congo

Bas-Congo is one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the only province with a coastline and it borders Bandundu province to the east and Kinshasa to the northeast...

, he is a member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD), the party of the DRC's current president, Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2001. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila...

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He previously served as principal counselor to the Chief of State in charge of Infrastructures, as well as Minister of Public Works, Regional Planning, Urbanism and Habitat during the Transitional Government under Laurent Kabila. In 2005, he was selected by Kabila's son to replace Jean Kimbunda Mudikela as governor of Kinshasa; Mazunga, in turn, selected Tabu Ley Rochereau

Tabu Ley Rochereau

Tabu Ley Rochereau is a musician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is the leader of Orchestre Afrisa International and one of Africa's most influential vocalists and prolific songwriters...

as Vice-Governor in charge of political, administrative, and socio-cultural questions.