Petronille Vaweka is a humanitarian NGO activist and the interim chairperson of the Ituri Interim Assembly

Ituri Interim Assembly

The Ituri Interim Assembly is a 32-member legislative body that serves as the legislature of Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was created in April 2003 by the Ituri Pacification Commission, a UN-sponsored commission that assessed the current state of conflict in the Ituri region...

 of Ituri Interim Administration

Ituri Interim Administration

The Ituri Interim Administration is an interim body that administers the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was established in 2003 by the Ituri Pacification Commission and supported by the UN mission in the DRC.-History:...

, which is currently in transition from the status of a district of Orientale

Orientale, Congo

Orientale is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The province lies in the northeast of the country. It borders Équateur province to the west, Kasai-Oriental province to the southwest, Maniema province to the south, and Nord-Kivu province to the southeast...

 to a province 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...

. She worked with the Ituri Pacification Commission in 2003, which helped establish the assembly. In addition, she was elected as Ituri's representative to the National Assembly

National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Composition of the National Assembly...

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Formerly, Mrs. Vaweka was the head of Fondation Paix Durable.

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