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Guy Loando Mboyo (born February 5, 1983) is a lawyer, Congolese politician and a member of the Senate of Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2019 who was appointed Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning since April 2021. He is the founder of the Widal Foundation in September 2018.

Biography

Education

Guy Loando Mboyo was born on February 5, 1983, in Bokungu in the province of the Tshuapa (formerly Grand-Équateur, in Zaire, currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo). He was the last born in a family of eight children. During his childhood, his family moved to Mbandaka where he did his secondary studies. He obtained his state diploma in literary studies at the Mbandaka School of Application (École d'application de Mbandaka, in acronym EDAP) in 2001 and moved to the country's capital city Kinshasa to continue his university studies in law at the University of Kinshasa.

Career

After graduating in law (with a specialisation in social and economic law) from the University of Kinshasa, Guy Loando Mboyo began his career as a lawyer and legal advisor in the mining, business and private investment sectors. He gained important contacts at national and international level which allowed him to start working in business. He is the main shareholder of "GLM & Associates", a law firm based in Kinshasa, administrator of companies and chairman of the Widal Foundation.

Guy Loando Mboyo was elected senator of Tshuapa in the April 2019 senatorial elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In November 2020, he had his first book, entitled "Le Congo d'après : Nécessité d'un changement de cap post-Covid-19" published, by French book publisher L'Harmattan.

In April 2021, he was appointed Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning by President Félix Tshisekedi.

Widal Foundation

Through this humanitarian structure Widal Foundation [fr], created in September 2018 with his wife, Déborah Linda Loando, Mboyo pursues an objective to reduce poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in Tshuapa and Kinshasa. On Sunday May 5, 2019, in the municipality of Limete (Kinshasa), during the official launch of the foundation, Guy Loando explained his objectives and his mission, which are to support the most vulnerable in Congolese society by training them to become entrepreneurs.

Personal life

He is married to Déborah Linda Loando (born Déborah "Bobo" Elite Linda) and is the father of their three children.

Publications

• 2020 : L'Après Covid-19 se prépare dès maintenant ! (Tribune)
• 2020 : Le Congo d'après : Nécessité d'un changement de cap post-Covid-19, L'Harmattan (ISBN 978-2-343-21547-1)

Recognition

Awards

• 2019 : Excellence Prize for Initiative and Development, awarded by Pan-African Observation for Initiative and Development
• 2020 : Diploma of merit, awarded by the National League of Anamongos (Ligue Nationale des Anamongos, in acronym LINA )

Honorary degrees

• 2022 : Honorary degree from ICN (I Change Nations).

References

1. ^ "Guy Loando Mboyo, Sénateur et fondateur de la Fondation Widal", Widal Foundation (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
2. "L'INTERVIEW – RD Congo : Guy Loando, Sénateur", Africa 24, May 29, 2019 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
3. "RDC : le Sénat examine la proposition de Loi « Loando » sur la recherche scientifique", Zoom-Eco.NET, November 28, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
4. "Le jeune Sénateur Guy Loando Mboyo, l’homme qui fait peur à certains caciques du Grand Équateur", Le Soft Online, December 22, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
5. "RDC : Le sénateur Guy Loando s’engage à aider l’entreprenariat des jeunes à travers la fondation Widal", Actualite.cd, January 13, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
6. "RDC : « Le Congo d’après... », ouvrage de Guy Loando édité par l’Harmattan exhorte à un sursaut régénérateur", Zoom-Eco.NET, December 14, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
7. "RDC : l'ASBL "Loando le vent du progrès" salue l'entrée de Guy Loando au gouvernement Sama Lukonde", Digital Congo Radio Télévision, April 12, 2021 (Retrieved May 1, 2021)(in French)
8. "RDC : Guy Loando nommé ministre de l’Aménagement du Territoire", Zoom-Eco.NET, April 12, 2021 (Retrieved May 1, 2021)(in French)
9. "La Fondation Widal Impacte Déjà la vie de Plus de 100.000 Personnes", Forum des As, May 11, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
10. "La Fondation Widal du sénateur Loando déterminée à améliorer la situation sociale des habitants de la Tshuapa", Ouragan FM, May 5, 2019 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
11. "RDC: via sa Fondation Widal, le sénateur Loando veut améliorer le social des habitants de la Tshuapa et des congolais en général", 7sur7.CD, September 16, 2019 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
12. "Kinshasa : pour lutter contre la pauvreté, l'ONG Widal Fondation appuie un projet de formation en métier de cirage des chaussures", Actualite.cd, 1 February 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
13. ""L’après covid-19 se prépare dès maintenant !" (Tribune de l’Honorable Sénateur Guy LOANDO MBOYO)", MediaCongo.NET, April 24, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
14. "Guy Loando Mboyo dans les editions Harmattan", L'Harmattan (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
15. "RDC-Kinshasa: Guy Loando honoré par la Ligue Nationale des Anamongos", Depeche.CD, December 6, 2020 (Retrieved January 4, 2021)(in French)
16. "Messager mondial d'espoir et Docteur Honoris Causa : Me Guy Loando doublement primé ce samedi à Kinshasa ! - Okapinews.net" (in French). 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
17. "RDC: grâce à ses oeuvres philanthropiques, Guy Loando admis au rang de Docteur honoris causa". Opinion Info (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-02.

External links

• Official website
• Official website of Widal Foundation
• Guy Loando Mboyo on Twitter

• 1983 births
• Living people
• People from Tshuapa
• Members of the Senate (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo lawyers
• People from Mbandaka
• 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people