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The Most Famous

SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Democratic Republic of the Congo

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This page contains a list of the greatest Congolese Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 538 Social Activists, 1 of which were born in Democratic Republic of the Congo. This makes Democratic Republic of the Congo the birth place of the 70th most number of Social Activists behind Guinea-Bissau and Nicaragua.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Congolese Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Congolese Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Denis Mukwege (1955 - )

With an HPI of 61.05, Denis Mukwege is the most famous Congolese Social Activist.  His biography has been translated into 67 different languages on wikipedia.

Denis Mukwege (; born 1 March 1955) is a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor. He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been raped by armed rebels. In 2018, Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".Mukwege has treated thousands of women who were victims of rape as a weapon of war since the Second Congo War, some of them more than once, performing up to ten operations a day during his 17-hour working days. According to The Globe and Mail, Mukwege is "likely the world's leading expert on repairing injuries of rape". In 2013, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "his courageous work healing women survivors of war-time sexual violence and speaking up about its root causes."Mukwege's continued demand for justice for the victims of the Congo conflicts has resulted in him receiving threats against his life and the Panzi hospital. He has received these death threats on social media platforms, which emerged from various sources including Mukwege's country of origin, the DRC, and neighboring Rwanda and Uganda. Reportedly, the threats have emerged following Denis' increasing calls for perpetrators who were named in a decade-old UN report, to be brought before an international tribunal. A previous assassination attempt was made on Mukwege's life in 2012, which resulted in him and his family leaving the country over concerns for their safety.On 2 October 2023, Mukwege announced his candidacy for president in the 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election. He ultimately came in sixth place in the official results, receiving 39,639 votes.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as social activists born between 1955 and 1955. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living social activists include Denis Mukwege.

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