Pierre Nzila (1947/1948 – 25 October 2023) was a Congolese politician. A member of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), he served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Basic and Secondary Education from 1997 to 1999 and subsequently as Minister of Primary, Secondary and Higher Education from 1999 to 2002. He was a Deputy in the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville from 2002 to 2012, heading the National Assembly's Defense and Security Commission throughout that time. He served as Ambassador to Gabon from 2013.
Biography edit
Following the June–October 1997 civil war, Nzila was appointed to the government as Minister of Basic and Secondary Education on 2 November 1997.[1][2] Subsequently he was appointed Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, and Scientific Research on 12 January 1999.[3]
In the May–June 2002 parliamentary election, Nzila was elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in the Okoyo constituency of Cuvette West Region, winning the seat in the second round of voting.[4] After the election, he was not included in the government that was appointed on 18 August 2002,[5] and he was elected as President of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Commission on 24 August 2002.[6] He took up the latter post on 5 September 2002.[7]
In the June–August 2007 parliamentary election, Nzila stood again as the PCT candidate in Okoyo constituency. In the first round, he placed first with 30.76% of the vote against 20.59% for ACCORD candidate Martin Oyali.[8] Nzila then won the seat in the second round of voting.[9] Following that election, Nzila retained his post as President of the Defense and Security Commission when the National Assembly began meeting for the new parliamentary term in September 2007.[10]
At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), held in July 2011, Nzila was elected to the PCT's 471-member Central Committee.[11]
Nzila did not stand for re-election to the National Assembly in the July–August 2007 parliamentary election,[12] but he was appointed Ambassador to Gabon and presented his credentials to Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba on 19 March 2013.[13] Along with other African ambassadors posted to Gabon, Nzila visited the Albert Schweitzer Hospital at Lambaréné on 1 March 2014.[14]
Pierre Nzila died in a traffic accident on 25 October 2023, at the age of 75.[15]
References edit
- ^ Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens, issues 2,704–2,720 (1997), page 2,429 (in French).
- ^ Paul Soni-Benga, Les dessous de la guerre du Congo-Brazzaville (1998), L'Harmattan, page 275 (in French).
- ^ "Le nouveau gouvernement du Congo", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 13 January 1999 (in French).
- ^ "Assemblée nationale : les élus du second tour et leur appartenance politique", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 28 June 2002 (in French).
- ^ Emmanuel Okamba, La gouvernance, une affaire de société: Analyse mythiumétrique de la performance (2010), L'Harmattan, page 181 (in French).
- ^ "Assemblée nationale : mise en place des bureaux des commissions permanentes et clôture de la session inaugurale", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 26 August 2002 (in French).
- ^ "Programme summary of Congolese radio from Brazzaville news 1800 gmt 5 Sep 02", Radio Congo, 6 September 2002.
- ^ "Législatives : La liste des duels du second tour", Congopage website, 3 July 2007 (in French).
- ^ "La liste complète des députés", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 11 August 2007 (in French).
- ^ Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo, "Rentrée parlementaire de la 12ème législature: Les bureaux des commissions permanentes ont été enfin élus", La Semaine Africaine, number 2,729, 21 September 2007, page 5 (in French).
- ^ "Membres de comité central du PCT élus par le VIe congrés", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,294, 29 July 2011 (in French).
- ^ "Résultats du premier tour des élections législatives 2012", La Semaine Africaine, 24 July 2012 (in French).
- ^ "Le Président Ali Bongo Ondimba reçoit les lettres de créance de huit nouveaux ambassadeurs", Gabonese Presidency website, 20 March 2013 (in French).
- ^ "Des ambassadeurs accrédités au Gabon visitent le célèbre hôpital Albert Schweitzer", Gabonese Press Agency, 3 March 2014 (in French).
- ^ "Disparition : décès par accident de Pierre Nzila". Agence d'information d'Afrique centrale. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.