Kyenge was born in Kambove (Haut-Katanga District) in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 28 August 1964.
In June 2013 he was expelled from the Europe of Freedom and Democracy, a eurosceptic group in the European Parliament, for making racist remarks regarding Italy's first black cabinet minister, Cécile Kyenge.
In August, 2013, Larner sparked controversy for refusing to taste the wines of an Italian producer who had used racial slurs against Italy's first African-Italian Minister Cécile Kyenge.
The project ignited a debate in which the Minister of Integration, Cécile Kyenge, intervened an praised the bid.
Cécile Kyenge | Cecile Licad | Cécile DeWitt-Morette | Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes | Sainte-Cécile | Ric. Cecile's | Cecile Pineda | Cécile Paoli | Cécile La Grenade | Cécile Corbel |