Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou
Deputy and minister plenipotentiary
In office
1963–1968
Senator
In office
1992–1997
Personal details
Born(1929-07-17)17 July 1929
Kindamba
Died9 October 2012(2012-10-09) (aged 83)
Pontoise
NationalityRepublic of the Congo
OccupationPolitician, writer

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou (17 July 1929 – 9 October 2012) was a Congolese politician, academic, novelist and playwright. For his abundant and eclectic work his biographers have called him the “Congolese Victor Hugo” and the “baobab of Congolese literature”.