Didier Etumba Longomba’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Didier Etumba Longomba (born 15 July 1955, in Basankusu, Équateur Province, Belgian Congo) is a retired Congolese military officer who served as Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2008 until 2018.

Etumba attended and graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Belgium before joining the Forces Armées Zaïroises. He held important positions in the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo during the First Congo War and Second Congo War. In 2007 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Congolese Navy. He was made Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces the following year. He retired from the post on 14 July 2018. He subsequently worked for Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary’s presidential campaign organisation.