At Least He Wasn't Corrupt

Learn about the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Minister for Foreign Trade who never existed in the first place – or did he? – on this episode of Now I Know. In the summer of 2006, the Democratic Republic of the Congo held its first true election in more than a generation. Many different parties fielded candidates, including one called the Union of Congolese Nationalist Federalists. And while UNAFEC didn’t earn enough votes to take the Prime Minister’s seat, they did well enough to get at least one spot in the cabinet. On February 5, 2007, Andre Kasongo Ilunga, a UNAFEC member, was named the nation’s Minister for Foreign Trade. But his time in office would be short-lived. He never showed up for work – and, shortly after being sworn in, he sent in a letter of resignation instead.

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