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Justin Bitakwira

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Justin Bitakwira is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	BITAKWIRA BIHONA-HAYI Justin · Bihona-Hayi · Bitakwira Justin · Justin Bitakwira · Жюстен Битаквира				[sources]
Other name	Bihona-Hayi · Bitakwira Bihona-Hayi Justin · Justin Bitakwira · Justin Bitakwira Bihona-Hayi · Битаквира, Жюстен				[sources]
Birth date	1960-12-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Lemera · Lemera, CONGO, Democratic Republic of (was Zaire) · Lemera, Congo DR · Lemera, RDC				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	DR Congo				[sources]
Country	DR Congo				[sources]
Citizenship	DR Congo				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Country of birth	DR Congo				[sources]
First name	Justin				[sources]
Last name	Bitakwira				[sources]
Phone	+243992098903				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20740642				[sources]
Position	Homme politique, ancien ministre national · Homme politique, ancien ministre national et président de l’Alliance pour la République et la conscience nationale. · Member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo · Minister of Human Rights (2017-2019) · Minister of Relations with the Parliament (2016-2017) · 3 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

In his public speeches, he has repeatedly incited violence and encouraged discrimination and hostility towards the Banyamulenge community, which has been targeted and attacked by armed groups. Those inflammatory speeches and narratives contribute to fuelling the conflict and violence in the DRC, in particular in the Hauts-Plateaux region characterised by inter-communal conflicts. Justin Bitakwira is therefore responsible for sustaining the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the DRC, through inciting violence. Justin Bitakwira is a Congolese politician, former government minister and member of the political party “Union for the Congolese Nation”.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2024-08-23

Function or profession: politician, former national minister and president of the Alliance for the Republic and National Consciousness

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-12-21

Justin Bitakwira est un homme politique congolais, ancien ministre du gouvernement et membre du parti politique “Union pour la nation congolaise”. Dans ses discours publics, il a, de manière répétée, incité à la violence et encouragé la discrimination et l'hostilité à l'égard de la communauté Banyamulenge, ciblée et attaquée par des groupes armés. Ces discours et déclarations incendiaires contribuent à alimenter le conflit et la violence en RDC, en particulier dans la région des Hauts-Plateaux, caractérisée par des conflits intercommunautaires. Justin Bitakwira est donc responsable d'entretenir le conflit armé, l'instabilité et l'insécurité en RDC en incitant à la violence.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-12-12

Congolese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
European Union	Council of the European Union		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	-	-

Data sources

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,039

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,682

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,601

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Every Politician58,326

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

French National Asset Freezing System5,635

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,188

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,598

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

External databases

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: eu-fsf-eu-9134-84 · eu-tb-logical-146097 · mc-freezes-08be5694b124d917a147056505cfe510da2cd599 · NK-WFQXLxNaNwjvSM4L44VXJC · fr-ga-5100 · evpo-94429efa-f6f1-4b9c-803d-483c4d4b9e4a · ch-seco-57643

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