Moise Chapwe Katumbi

In 2006, Katumbi was elected as a deputy in the National Assembly. He was the first democratically elected Governor of the Katanga Province in January 2007, receiving 94 votes out of 102.
Katumbi's governance has been credited with bringing economic revival to the province through developing infrastructure, encouraging foreign investment with tax breaks and reduced government bureaucracy.

In September 2015, Katumbi resigned as governor and from his political party, the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy. On 22 June 2016, he was convicted, in absentia, of selling a house that was not his and sentenced to 36 months in jail. This was seen as part of President Joseph Kabila's attempts to hold on to power. In the spring of 2017, an ad hoc committee of the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo headed by Bishop Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula of Luisa investigated the case, deemed its prosecution politically motivated, and recommended Katumbi be allowed to return to the DRC a free man.

On 2 January 2018, Katumbi declared his candidacy for president for the 2018 DR Congo general election. On 12 March 2018, Katumbi officially launched his presidential campaign as well as his new political alliance, Ensemble pour le changement (Together for Change).
On 25 May 2018, Katumbi discussed with fellow opposition presidential candidate Félix Tshisekedi at the Atlantic Council fielding a single opposition candidate.

When the final list of retained candidate for the December 23rd election was out, his name was missing since he couldn’t return home and file for his candidature.
In December 2021, Moïse Katumbi officially launched his political party in view of the 2023 presidential election.