Edgard Diafouka-Bambela

Edgard Philippe Diafouka-Bambela (born 19 June 1947) is a Congolese politician who has been Prefect of Plateaux Department since 2012. A leading member of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), he was Secretary-General of the Pool Department from 2003 to 2012.

Political career Diafouka-Bambela, born in Brazzaville in 1947, worked as a teacher. He joined the PCT in 1977.

Diafouka-Bambela was appointed as Secretary-General of the Pool Department on 30 October 2003. He was elected to the PCT Political Bureau in 2006. At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress, held in July 2011, he was re-elected to the PCT's 51-member Political Bureau.

Diafouka-Bambela was appointed as Prefect of Plateaux Department on 5 January 2012, succeeding Claude-Maurice Malela Soba. He was installed in his post as Prefect by Raymond Mboulou, the Minister of the Interior, on 20 January 2012.