Micheline Ombae
Micheline Ombae Kalama | |
|---|---|
in 2025 | |
| Born | August 23, 1984 |
| Education | Saint Kizito Institute |
| Employer | World Food Programme |
| Known for | Minister for Gender |
Micheline Ombae Kalama (born August 23, 1984) is a Congolese politician and from August 2025 the Minister for Gender, Family and Children.
Life
Kalama was born in 1984 in Rungu[1] / Isiro. She was educated there including a degree in finance from Isiro's Saint Kizito Institute.[2]
She got involved with women's rights in 2021 and in 2025 she took the lead at the Nothing Without Women Movement. She has worked for the World Food Programme.[2]
In August 2025 she became the Minister for Gender in what was called the Suminwa II government. It was created by decree by President Félix Tshisekedi.[3] She was supported as the new minister by the Congolese businessperson Gentiny Ngobila and Jean Bakomito who is the Governor of Haut-Uélé.[2] She credited the President and the Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka for her selection.[1]
Nelly Mbangu and Bintou Keita attended when she opened an exhibition in Kinshasa in September 2025. It was created by Do Nsoseme and titled "Cross-perspectives: Congolese women in the spotlight" and it was an international exhibition for peace as there was a similar mirroring exhibition in New York. The exhibition's supporters included Keita's MONUSCO, UN Women and the United Nations Department of Peace Operations.[4]
References
- ^ a b Redaction (2025-08-08). "Isiro : Micheline OMBAE exprime sa gratitude au Chef de l'État pour sa nomination au ministère du Genre, Famille et Enfants". Depeches de la Tshopo (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ a b c admin (2025-08-29). "RDC : qui est Micheline Ombae Kalama, nouvelle ministre du Genre, Famille et Enfant ? (Portrait)". INFORMATEUR 26 (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ "DRC: Tshisekedi unveils the Suminwa II government, opposition divided". Financial Afrik. 2025-08-09. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ "Regards croisés : Les femmes congolaises à l'honneur dans une exposition internationale pour la paix Kinshasa, le 18 septembre 2025. – SMM" (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-22.