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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 Nord-Kivu, sympathetic to Congolese Tutsis and the Tutsi-dominated government of neighbouring Rwanda. Nkunda, who is himself a Congolese 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 195,021 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Laurent Nkunda is the 15,439th most popular politician (down from 13,894th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 28th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Congolese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Laurent Nkunda ranks 15,439 out of 15,577Before him are Lorenzo Snow, Tomislav Karamarko, Sergei Ponomarenko, Ben Chifley, Mamuka Bakhtadze, and Wollert Konow. After him are David Samanez Ocampo, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Hans-Peter Friedrich, Juan José Ibarretxe, Tim Kaine, and Titus Oates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Laurent Nkunda ranks 330Before him are Leroy Burrell, Uli Kusch, Oleg Tinkov, Nathalie Tauziat, Dhafer Youssef, and Philip Selway. After him are Jordi Roura, Emmanuelle Bercot, Glenn Greenwald, James Marshall, Eriq Ebouaney, and Trini Alvarado.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Nkunda ranks 33 out of 84Before him are Sony Lab'ou Tansi (1947), Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960), Mbo Mpenza (1976), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), Bwanga Tshimen (1949), and Maître Gims (1986). After him are Blaise Nkufo (1975), Christian Benteke (1990), Dieumerci Mbokani (1985), Bruno Tshibala (1956), Cécile Kyenge (1964), and Adolphe Muzito (1957).

Among POLITICIANS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Nkunda ranks 13Before him are Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Joseph Kabila (1971), Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Cyrille Adoula (1921), and Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962). After him are Bruno Tshibala (1956), Cécile Kyenge (1964), Adolphe Muzito (1957), and Augustin Matata Ponyo (1964).