Faida Mitifu
Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the United States
About Faida Mitifu
Born 1959. Faida Mitifu is a Congolese politician and diplomat.
Faida Maramuke Mitifu (born March 16, 1959) was Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United States from 1998 to 2015.
Faida Mitifu was born on March 16, 1959 in Bukavu, Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was the eldest of ten children of an elementary school teacher.
Mitifu earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the Université Nationale du Zaïre in Kinshasa, a master's degree in French studies from Auburn University in Alabama in 1988, and a doctorate in romance languages from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1994. When she left the post in 2015, she was one of the longest serving ambassadors in Washington.
She resigned in November 2015 and founded FMM Consulting Services, which encourages investment in Africa.
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Who is Faida Mitifu?
ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the United States
When was Faida Mitifu born?
Faida Mitifu was born on 16 March 1959.
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Faida Mitifu is a politician and diplomat.
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Faida Mitifu is Congolese.
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