Kabila biography
Kabila biography
Joseph Kabila.
Joseph Kabila
President of the DR Congo from 2001 to 2019
In this Congolese name, the surname is Kabila and the post-surname is Kabange.
Joseph Kabila Kabange (kab-EE-lə, French:[ʒozɛfkabila]; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019.
He took office ten days[1] 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 after the 2003 Pretoria Accord ended the war as the president of the country's new transitional government.
He was elected as president in 2006 and re-elected in 2011 for a second term.[2] Since stepping down after the 2018 election, Kabila, as a former president, serves as a senator for life.[3][4]
Kabila's term was due to expire on 20 December 2016, according to the terms of the constitution adopted in 2006.
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