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Laurent-Désiré Kabila

1939 - 2001

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Laurent-Désiré Kabila (French pronunciation: [lo.ʁɑ̃ de.zi.ʁe ka.bi.la]) (27 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) or more succinctly, Laurent Kabila (US: ), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who served as the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001.A longtime opponent of Mobutu Sese Seko, he led the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFLC), a Rwandan and Ugandan-sponsored rebel group that invaded Zaire and overthrew Mobutu during the First Congo War from 1996 to 1997. Having now become the new president of the country, whose name was changed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabila found himself in a delicate position as a puppet of his foreign backers. The following year, he ordered the departure of all foreign troops from the country following the Kasika massacre to prevent a potential coup, leading to the Second Congo War in which his former Rwandan and Ugandan allies began sponsoring several rebel groups to overthrow him including the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) and the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent-Désiré Kabila has received more than 1,418,605 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Laurent-Désiré Kabila is the 1,838th most popular politician (up from 1,858th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo and the 3rd most popular Congolese Politician.

Kabila is most famous for being the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1997 to 2001.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Laurent-Désiré Kabila ranks 1,838 out of 15,577Before him are Edward, King of Portugal, Nikolai Podgorny, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Herman Van Rompuy, Naram-Sin of Akkad, and King Wen of Zhou. After him are Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Jean Jaurès, Tony Blair, Li Keqiang, Tiglath-Pileser I, and Lazare Carnot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Laurent-Désiré Kabila ranks 24Before him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Karel Gott, Richard Kiel, Ada Yonath, Ralph Lauren, and F. Murray Abraham. After him are Sonny Chiba, Clay Regazzoni, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Peter Grünberg, John Cleese, and Tzvetan Todorov. Among people deceased in 2001, Laurent-Désiré Kabila ranks 18Before him are Christiaan Barnard, Sabiha Gökçen, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Iannis Xenakis, Fred Hoyle, and Wilhelm Mohnke. After him are Ernst Gombrich, Alberto Korda, William Hanna, Robert Ludlum, Marie José of Belgium, and Balthus.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent-Désiré Kabila ranks 3 out of 84Before him are Patrice Lumumba (1925) and Mobutu Sese Seko (1930). After him are Moïse Tshombe (1919), Denis Mukwege (1955), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Simon Kimbangu (1887), Antoine Gizenga (1925), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Ota Benga (1883), Claude Makélélé (1973), and Joseph Kabila (1971).

Among POLITICIANS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent-Désiré Kabila ranks 3Before him are Patrice Lumumba (1925) and Mobutu Sese Seko (1930). After him are Moïse Tshombe (1919), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Antoine Gizenga (1925), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Joseph Kabila (1971), Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Cyrille Adoula (1921), and Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962).