Benoît Lwamba
{{Short description|Congolese magistrate (1945–2022)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Benoît Lwamba
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| birth_name = Benoît Lwamba Bindu
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1945|07|19}}
| birth_place = Katanga Province, Belgian Congo, Belgium
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|01|17|1945|07|19}}
| death_place = Brussels, Belgium
| nationality = Congolese
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| office = President of the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
| term_start = 11 April 2015
| term_end = 27 June 2020
| office2 = First President of the Court of Cassation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
| term_start2 = 12 June 2003
| term_end2 = 23 November 2008
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Benoît Lwamba (19 July 1945 – 17 January 2022) was a Congolese magistrate.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=18 January 2022|title=Décès à Bruxelles de Benoît Lwamba, président honoraire de la Cour constitutionnelle|trans-title= |url=https://www.msn.com/fr-xl/afrique-centre-et-est/other/d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s-%C3%A0-bruxelles-de-beno%C3%AEt-lwamba-pr%C3%A9sident-honoraire-de-la-cour-constitutionnelle/ar-AASUqSH|language=French|work=MSN|location=Brussels|access-date=25 January 2022}}
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 {{ill|2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election|fr|Élection présidentielle de 2018 en République démocratique du Congo|lt=2018 presidential election}}. Lwamba died in Brussels on 17 January 2022, at the age of 76.{{cite news |last=Lusakumunu|first=Dieumerci|date=18 January 2022|title=Décès à Bruxelles de Benoît Lwamba, ancien président de la Cour constitutionnelle|trans-title= |url=https://www.diaspordc.com/deces-a-bruxelles-de-benoit-lwamba-ancien-president-de-la-cour-constitutionnelle/|language=French|work=DiaspoRDC|location= |access-date=25 January 2022}}
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Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo judges
Category:People from Katanga Province
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