Germain Kuna Maba Mmubuku is Professor and Vice-Dean (Teaching Programmes) at the Faculty of Social, Administrative and Political Sciences, University of Kinshasa, Congo DRC. He is also Executive Secretary and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Political Leadership. His research focuses on socio-prospective state governance, security and development policy, political leadership, political parties and electoral oversight. He has authored and co-authored several scientific publications, notably Processus de développement du Bas-Congo (2012); Le Kongo Central face à la crise du leadership (2016); Gouvernance en question en République Démocratique du Congo (2019). [email protected]/[email protected]