JEAN PAUL NEMOYATO BAGEBOLE
Jean Paul Nemoyato Bagebole was born on November 17, 1969, in Ngwale and is a politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was elected as a National Deputy for Bas-Uélé during the first legislature of the Third Republic (2006–2011). He served as Minister of Economy and External Trade in the Matata I Government from April 28, 2012, to December 7, 2014.
On the academic front, Jean Paul Nemoyato Bagebole transitioned from his role as a senior lecturer on March 23, 2023, to assume the prestigious title of university professor at the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), where he defended his doctoral thesis in economics titled *Food Security in the DR Congo: State Political Will and Partner Buy-in—The Case of Bas-Uélé Province*. He is the president of the political party *Debout Congolais pour la Renaissance* and a former member of the *Convention des Démocrates Chrétiens* (CDC), led by Florentin Mokonda Bonza.