Fidèle Dimou

Fidèle Dimou (born 21 September 1957[1]) is a Congolese politician who has serveved in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Transport since 2017. Previously he was Prefect of Kouilou Department from 2006 to 2017.

Dimou in 2019.

Life and career

Born in the Mossaka District of Cuvette Department in 1957, Dimou was Director-General of the Civil Service from 1998 to 2004. Subsequently, he was chief of staff for the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court from 2004 to 2006, while also working as Consultant to the Secretariat-General of the Government during the same period.[1]

After the major city and port of Pointe-Noire—which had been capital of Kouilou Department—was split off into its own department, the Prefect of Kouilou, Alexandre Honoré Paka, was moved to the newly created post of Prefect of Pointe-Noire,[1] while Dimou was appointed to replace him as Prefect of Kouilou on 18 January 2006.[2] Dimou was installed as prefect by the Minister of Territorial Administration, François Ibovi, at a ceremony held in Madingo-Kayes in April 2006.[1]

At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), held in July 2011, Dimou was elected to the PCT's 471-member Central Committee.[3]

After more than 11 years as Prefect of Kouilou, Dimou was appointed to the government as Minister of Transport, Civil Aviation and the Merchant Marine on 22 August 2017.[4][5]

References
  1. "La nouvelle organisation politico-administrative mise en place à Pointe-Noire et dans le Kouilou", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 13 April 2006 (in French). "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 2011-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Compte-rendu de la réunion du Conseil des ministres du 18 janvier 2006", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 20 January 2006 (in French). "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 2011-08-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Membres de comité central du PCT élus par le VIe congrés", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,294, 29 July 2011 (in French).
  4. "Congo – Gouvernement : 35 membres forment la nouvelle équipe", Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville, 23 August 2017 (in French).
  5. Trésor Kibangula, "Congo-Brazzaville : ce qu’il faut retenir du gouvernement Clément Mouamba 2", Jeune Afrique, 23 August 2017 (in French).


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