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Joseph Kabila

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President of the DR Congo from 2001 to 2019

PoliticiansBorn 1971 · age 55
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Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician and former military officer who was the fourth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 to 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, in the context of the Second Congo War.

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Kabila (left) in New York City in 2002, with Thabo Mbeki, George W. Bush, and Paul KagameKabila (left) in New York City in 2002, with Thabo Mbeki, George W. Bush, and Paul KagameKabila at the Pentagon in 2003Kabila at the Pentagon in 2003The ceremonial first train on the newly reconstructed Lubumbashi-Kindu railway in 2004, bearing Kabila's portraitThe ceremonial first train on the newly reconstructed Lubumbashi-Kindu railway in 2004, bearing Kabila's portrait2011 election billboard2011 election billboardKabila with George W. Bush in 2007Kabila with George W. Bush in 2007Kabila with Paul Kagame at the border near Goma in 2009Kabila with Paul Kagame at the border near Goma in 2009Kabila with Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, in 2017Kabila with Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, in 2017

In their own words 1

Joseph Kabila
said · Apr 4, 2009
Own words

I'm not a warmonger. And I’m not a pacifist either. But I like peace.

As quoted in "For Congo’s Leader, Middling Reviews" (4 April 2009), by Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times

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Awards 2

Order of the Republic of Serbia
National Order of the Leopard

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Islam KarimovAlso won Order of the Republic of SerbiaJean-Bédel BokassaAlso won National Order of the LeopardMuhammadu BuhariAlso won Order of the Republic of SerbiaAlbert II of BelgiumAlso won National Order of the LeopardHosni MubarakAlso won National Order of the LeopardMiloš ZemanAlso won Order of the Republic of Serbia

About this person

Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician and former military officer who was the fourth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 to 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, in the context of the Second Congo War. He was allowed to remain in power as the president of the new transitional government after the 2002 peace agreements ended the war. Kabila founded the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) and was elected president in 2006. He was re-elected for a second term in 2011. Since stepping down after the 2018 election, Kabila, as a former president, is a senator for life. Kabila was the country's second-longest serving president.

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Dates
Born 1971 · age 55
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