Benoît Lwamba

Benoît Lwamba (19 July 1945 – 17 January 2022) was a Congolese magistrate.^[1]

Benoît Lwamba
President of the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office 11 April 2015 – 27 June 2020
First President of the Court of Cassation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office 12 June 2003 – 23 November 2008
Personal details
Born	Benoît Lwamba Bindu (1945-07-19)19 July 1945 Katanga Province, Belgian Congo, Belgium
Died	17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 76) Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Congolese

Biography

He was First President of the Court of Cassation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2003 to 2008 and subsequently President of the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2015 to 2020. Since 2019, he had been subject to sanctions from the United States for his alleged involvement in corruption in the 2018 presidential election [fr]. Lwamba died in Brussels on 17 January 2022, at the age of 76.^[2]