11 Facts About Antipas Mbusa

Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi was born on November 15,1959 and is a politician and former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Antipas Mbusa leads the Forces for Renewal political party and was Minister of Decentralization and Urban and Regional Planning until September 2011 when he resigned to run for president.

Antipas Mbusa was previously the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2008.

In March 2023, Antipas Mbusa becomes Minister of State, in charge of Regional Integration.

Antipas Mbusa's father fought with the Rally for Congolese Democracy against the government of Laurent-Desire Kabila in the Second Congo War.

Antipas Mbusa later took over the RCD-K from dia Wamba after they were driven from Kisangani by RCD-Goma, and renamed it RCD-K-Movement of Liberation or RCD-K-ML.

The RCD-K-ML was accorded 15 seats in the Transitional National Assembly and participated in the Transitional Government headed by Joseph Kabila, when Antipas Mbusa was Minister for Regional Cooperation.

Antipas Mbusa stood in the 2006 presidential elections but decided to stand aside in favour of Joseph Kabila before the election.

Antipas Mbusa nonetheless won 96,503 votes, and his party won 26 seats in the simultaneous election to the National Assembly, and seven out of 108 seats in the subsequent indirect elections to the Senate.

Forces for Renewal joined the government of Antoine Gizenga and Antipas Mbusa became Foreign Minister in February 2007.

In September 2011 Antipas Mbusa quit to run for president, causing his ministry to be dissolved.