Didier Etumba Longila
Born (1955-07-15) 15 July 1955 (age 68)
Kinshasa
Allegiance Democratic Republic of the Congo
Service/branchLand Forces
Rank Army general (since 2013)
Commands held

Didier Etumba Longila (born 15 July 1955) is a retired Congolese military officer who served as Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2008 until 2018.

Etumba attended and graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Belgium before joining the Forces Armées Zaïroises. He held important positions in the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo during the First Congo War and Second Congo War. In 2007 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Congolese Navy. He was made Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces the following year.[1] He retired from the post on 14 July 2018. He subsequently worked for Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary's presidential campaign organisation.[2]

References

  1. ^ von Billerbeck, Sarah Birgitta Kanafani (2017). Whose Peace?: Local Ownership and United Nations Peacekeeping. Oxford University Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780198755708.
  2. ^ "RDC : Didier Etumba dans l'équipe de campagne de Shadary". Actualite.cd (in French). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
Military offices Preceded byDieudonne Kayembe Mbandakulu1 Chief of General Staff of the FARDC 2008–18 Succeeded byCelestin Mbala Munsense Notes and references 1. [1] République Démocratique du Congo : L’armée doit arrêter l’utilisation d’enfants soldats


Categories