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Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Laurent-Désiré Kabila, usually known as Laurent Kabila or Kabila the Father, was a Congolese rebel and politician who served as the third president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001.
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politics · President of the DRC from 1997 to 2001 · politician · also Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Laurent-Desire Kabila, Laurent Kabila, Kabila the Father, Kabila
Born 27 November 1939 · Died 16 January 2001 · Q135547
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Digital Journal: DRC marks Kabila assassination with calls for reconciliation
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2002· 1 entry
L'Orient-Le Jour: RDCongo Procès de l’assassinat de Laurent-Désiré Kabila : 115 peines de mort requises
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2001· 2 entries
Died 2001-01-16.
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Was assassinated by one of his bodyguards, and was succeeded by his 29-year-old son Joseph
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2001).
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1986· 1 entry
And Kabila disappeared and was widely believed to be dead
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1967· 1 entry
Kabila and his remnant of supporters moved their operation into the mountainous Fizi – Baraka area of South Kivu in the Congo, and founded the People's Revolutionary Party (PRP)
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1965· 1 entry
Kabila set up a cross-border rebel operation from Kigoma, Tanzania, across Lake Tanganyika
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1960· 1 entry
Katanga seceded under the leadership of Moïse Tshombe
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1939· 1 entry
Born 1939-11-27.
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