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[DRC] President Joseph Kabila Roberto Ortiz de Zarate
President Joseph Kabila
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    President Joseph Kabila named on Monday his transitional government that is designed to lead the Democratic Republic of Congo out of nearly five years of war to democratic elections in 2005.

    The new government comprises 36 ministers and 25 deputy ministers shared by the outgoing government, the pro-government Mayi-Mayi militia, rebel movements, the unarmed political opposition and civil society. This measure conforms to the power-sharing accord for the transitional government signed in December 2002 in Pretoria, South Africa.

    Key ministries are shared among the government and the two main rebel groups: the Rassemblement Congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) and the Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC). The government holds the ministries of the interior, decentralistion and security, finance, energy and industry. RCD-Goma gets defence, demobilisation and war veterans, economy, portfolio (parastatals), and telecommunications. The MLC gets foreign affairs and international cooperation, planning, and budget.

    Publication of the cabinet list coincided with the Congo's 43rd independence anniversary on Monday, the deadline set by the Pretoria agreement for the formation of the transitional government that should lead to democratic elections.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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