# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurent-desire-kabila
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:39:45.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurent-desire-kabila"
name: "Laurent-Désiré Kabila"
slug: "laurent-desire-kabila"
description: "Laurent-Désiré Kabila usually known as Laurent Kabila or Kabila the Father, was a Congolese rebel and politician who served as the third president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001."
tagline: "Former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-11-27"
deathDate: "2001-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump