Foreigners cannot hold various top-level corporate positions across industries.
"Art. 1. — The jobs specified in the list annexed to this order are exclusively reserved for Congolese.
[…]
Annex List of jobs prohibited to foreigners
1. Agriculture, fishing and livestock sector [...]
- Administrative director[...]
- Legal or economic adviser
- Head of supply departmentAn accountant
- Personnel director
- Commercial director [...]
2. Extractive industries sector
- Administrative director [...]
– Legal or economic adviser [...]
- Director
- Sales manager [...]
- Personnel director
– Director of public relations[...]
3. Manufacturing industries sector
- Administrative director
– Deputy Chief Financial Officer [...]
– Legal, economic and financial adviser [...]
- Commercial director [...]
- Personnel director
– Director of public relations [...]
4. Buildings and public works sector
- Administrative director
– Deputy Chief Financial Officer [...]
– Legal, economic and financial adviser
- Commercial director [...]
- Personnel director
– Director of public relations [...]
5. Electricity, water
– Administrative Accounting Director [...]
- Personnel director
– Director of Public Relations
- Commercial director
– Purchasing director for local products
– Assistant Director [...]
6. Transport, warehouses and communications [...]
– Executive secretary
– Executive Assistant
- Executive assistant
- Administrative director [...]
– Legal, economic and financial adviser [...]
– Director of public relations [...]
- Commercial director
- Sales manager [...]
Personnel director
7. Commerce/banking, insurance, real estate [...]
- Administrative director [...]
- Commercial director
- Sales manager
- Sales director
– Assistant manager
– Deputy Assistant Director [...]
– Economic Advisor
- Jural advisor [...]
- Personnel director [...]
– Director of Public Relations
8. Service sector [...]
- Administrative director [...]
- Sales manager
- Sales director
– Deputy Manager [...]
– Legal, economic and financial adviser [...]
- Personnel director
– Director of public relations [...]" (DEPARTMENTAL ORDINANCE 86/001 determining the list of jobs prohibited to foreigners. (JOZ, no. 7, April 1, 1987, p.36)[google translation])
DEPARTMENTAL ORDINANCE 86/001 determining the list of jobs prohibited to foreigners. (JOZ, no. 7, April 1, 1987, p.36)[google translation]
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