Noël K. Tshiani Muadiamvita

Tshiani ran for president in the 2018 Congolese general election as an independent. He only won 0.128 percent of the vote, or 23,548 votes, and came in 14th place. The election's winner was Félix Tshisekedi.

Tshiani has worked to restructure and develop struggling economies in West Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia. His work in the Cape Verde Islands helped to increase the gross domestic product per capita in twenty years from 170 to 7,500 dollars in 2016.

As of 2016, the DRC ranked as the poorest country in the world according to indexmundi based on the Gross Domestic Product per capita. At the same time, the country ranked near-last according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Index despite abundant natural resources. He believes, based on experience, that the path to shared prosperity is rooted in good governance, integrity, rule of law, human rights, equality, and opportunity for all.

In support of his ambitions to transform his native country and create opportunities for all its citizens, Tshiani unveiled on January 22, 2016 in a Time Magazine article, the summary of his Marshall Plan for the Congo whose details are contained in his book: La Force du Changement or the Force of Change. The 15-year plan he proposes for DRC comprises fifteen comprehensive and coherent programs of development, with the private sector driving growth and international and diaspora expertise tapped as needed.

1. The Force of Change: Building a stable, prosperous and equitable country (Éditions du Panthéon, Paris, April 2016);

2. Desperate times, bold measures: A Marshall Plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo (Éditions du Panthéon, Paris, April 2016);

3. The Battle for a credible national currency (De Boeck, Brussels, December 2012),

5 Building Credible Central Banks (Palgrave MacMillan, Hampshire, UK, 2009),".

4. Vision for a strong currency (L'Harmattan, Paris, 2008),"; and

In 2003, Tshiani launched the idea that the DRC needed a Marshall Plan to address structural problems and tackle achieve poverty. In 2003 and 2004, he published two articles in Jeune Afrique: "A Marshall Plan for the DRC"" and "Desperate times, bold measures," arguing that reforms to date had failed. He now proposes a Marshall Plan lasting 15 years and requiring US$800 billion to fundamentally transform the economy and create opportunities for all. Above all, he has a unique vision to develop the DRC.

As an economist on secondment from the World Bank, Tshiani co-chaired in 1997 the Monetary Reform Commission that designed and launched the Congolese Franc, replacing the much discredited currency of what had been Zaire. He further advised the President on strengthening the autonomy of the monetary authority, notably by dismantling the central bank board that included seven cabinet members and replacing them with independent technical experts. He is an advocate for independent central banks and believes that a well-functioning financial system is a prerequisite to ensure adequate resource allocation and support economic development. He regularly visits his country and monitors closely its economic, social and political developments and challenges.

Noël Kabamba Tshiani Muadiamvita (born 25 December 1957) is a Congolese economist and politician who was a candidate for president during the 2018 general election.

Noël Kabamba Tshiani Muadiamvita was born on 25 December 1957 in Ngandajika, Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Tshiani studied at Paris Dauphine University, where he earned his doctorate in economics. After earning his doctorate, Tshiani worked in France for Citibank and in the United States for Chase Manhattan Bank and Republic National Bank. He began working for the World Bank in 1992 as a financial specialist for industry and energy in the Sahel.