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Laurent Nkunda

1967 - Today

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Laurent Nkunda (or Laurent Nkundabatware Mihigo (birth name), or Laurent Nkunda Batware, or as he prefers to be called The Chairman; born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is the former warlord (leader of a rebel faction) operating in the province of North-Kivu, and a officer of the Tutsi-dominated government of neighbouring Rwanda. Nkunda, who is himself a Congolese-born Tutsi, commanded the former DRC troops of the 81st and 83rd Brigades of the DRC Army. He speaks English, French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Lingala and Kinande. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent Nkunda has received more than 210,632 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Laurent Nkunda is the 16,372nd most popular politician (down from 15,382nd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Congolese Politician.

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  • 210k

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  • 51.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Laurent Nkunda ranks 16,372 out of 19,576. Before him are Vano Merabishvili, Andriy Biletsky, Kathy Hochul, Modibo Sidibé, Nina Agadzhanova, and Theo de Meester. After him are Stanley Wagner, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Princess Alia bint Hussein, Lionel Aingimea, and Nellie McClung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Laurent Nkunda ranks 318. Before him are Adam Savage, Kevin Moore, Sinan Oğan, Pandeli Majko, Joe Flanigan, and Vicente Amigo. After him are Salman Raduyev, Primož Gliha, Jonas Berggren, Dragan Đilas, Geraldine Somerville, and Sherry Stringfield.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Nkunda ranks 37 out of 107. Before him are Kazadi Mwamba (1947), Mwanza Mukombo (1945), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), Kakoko Etepé (1950), Tubilandu Ndimbi (1948), and Gérard Mulumba Kalemba (1937). After him are Maître Gims (1986), Kibonge Mafu (1945), Cécile Kyenge (1964), Blaise Nkufo (1975), Mbo Mpenza (1976), and Jean Kalala N'Tumba (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Nkunda ranks 14. Before him are Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930), Joseph Iléo (1921), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), and Cyrille Adoula (1921). After him are Cécile Kyenge (1964), Adolphe Muzito (1957), Bruno Tshibala (1956), and Augustin Matata Ponyo (1964).

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