Jacques Kazadi

Jacques Kazadi (23 December 1936 – 23 April 2020) was a Congolese economist, professor, and politician. He was born in Luluabourg, Belgian Congo.

Kazadi taught at several universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and abroad, including the University of Kinshasa and the University of Michigan. He was then appointed at the first black Dean of the Faculté des Sciences Économiques, and later the first President of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) from 1973 to 1976.[1] CODESRIA is the largest organization of African social science workers on the continent.[2]

During the 1970s, Kazadi became a member of the Popular Movement of the Revolution, ruling party of the one-party state regime instilled by Mobutu Sese Seko. He was Secretary of the Treasury until the National Conference of 24 April 1990, when he left the party.[3][4]

Kazadi died on 23 April 2020 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo at the age of 83.[5]

References
  1. "Pr. Jacques Kazadi Nduba Wa Dile (1973-1976)". CODESRIA. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "About us". CODESRIA. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  3. "Congo-Kinshasa: Les 8 pistes de Nzanda-Buana pour sortir l'Afrique noire du gouffre". AllAfrica (in French). 12 November 2007.
  4. "Ce jour-là : le 24 avril 1990, Mobutu annonce les larmes aux yeux le tournant du multipartisme". Jeune Afrique (in French). 24 April 2018.
  5. "In memoriam : Aux grands hommes, la patrie reconnaissante ! (Par Jean-Marie Mutamba Makombo, Professeur Emérite /Université de Kinshasa)". La Prospérité (in French). 30 April 2020.
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