Fidèle Dimou

Who is Fidèle Dimou?

Fidèle Dimou is a Congolese politician who has been Prefect of Kouilou Department since 2006.

Born in the Mossaka District of Cuvette Department in 1957, Dimou was Director-General of the Civil Service from 1998 to 2004. Subsequently he was chief of staff for the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court from 2004 to 2006, while also working as Consultant to the Secretariat-General of the Government during the same period.

After the major city and port of Pointe-Noire—which had been capital of Kouilou Department—was split off into its own department, the Prefect of Kouilou, Alexandre Honoré Paka, was moved to the newly created post of Prefect of Pointe-Noire, while Dimou was appointed to replace him as Prefect of Kouilou on 18 January 2006. Dimou was installed as prefect by the Minister of Territorial Administration, François Ibovi, at a ceremony held in Madingo-Kayes in April 2006.

At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress of the Congolese Labour Party, held in July 2011, Dimou was elected to the PCT's 471-member Central Committee.