Background
Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin Ben-I-Sasa was born on January 5, 1951 in Konde-Vinda, Bas, Congo. Son of Ernest Longo and Elisabeth Ngimbi Mbumba.
Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin Ben-I-Sasa was born on January 5, 1951 in Konde-Vinda, Bas, Congo. Son of Ernest Longo and Elisabeth Ngimbi Mbumba.
Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 1979. Master of Science, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, 1981.
Doctor of Science, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, 1998.
Resident Erasmus Hospital, Brussels, 1979-1981. Associate professor University Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1982-1986, professor Democratic Republic of Congo, 1986-1990, ordinary professor Democratic Republic of Congo, since 1990, dean medical school Democratic Republic of Congo, 1994-1995, provost Democratic Republic of Congo, 1995. Consultant Presidential Clinic, Kinshasa, 1984-1990.
Expert World Health Organization/AFRO, Brazzaville, Congo, since 1987. Director Lomo Medical, Kinshasa, since 1988.
Member Parliament, Kinshasa, 2000. President RAS, Kinshasa, 1995, Ligue Anti-Tobacco, Kinshasa, 2000. Sergeant National Army, 1970-1972.
Fellow American Heart Association. Member Congolese Cardiac Society (president since 1981), New York Academy of Sciences, Panafrican Society Cardiology, Human Genome Organization.
Married Phemba Fikula, August 15, 1973. Children: Elysée, Alain, Nadine, Grace, Auguy, Igor, Yohanna, Credo.