Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila

male, 38 years old
assassination, democraticrepublicofthecongo, elected, drc, National Leader, Democratic Republic of the Congo politician
Joseph Kabila Kabange, known commonly as Joseph Kabila, became president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the murder of his father,...
Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko

male, deceased (1997)
came to power in a coup, president, Prostate cancer death, Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, Joseph Mobutu-Sese Seko, Congolese anti-communist…Democratic Republic of the Congo politician, democraticrepublicofthecongo, wife of Mobutu Sese Seko, born in Likasi, Belgian Congo
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga, known commonly as Mobutu, or Mobutu Sese Seko, born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of Zaire (n...
Jean-Pierre Bemba

Jean-Pierre Bemba

male, 47 years old
vice-president, Rebel, Movement for the Liberation of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo politician, vice-presidents, senate…democraticrepublicofthecongo, Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jean-Pierre Bemba (born 4 November 1962) was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Thomas Lubanga

Thomas Lubanga

male, 48 years old
democraticrepublicofthecongo, armed militia, UN peacekeepers, Union of Congolese Patriots, Ituri Province, Ituri…from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (born 29 December 1960 in Djiba, Ituri) was the founder and leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), an armed militia...
Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba

male, deceased (1961)
ousted in a coup, cia, murdered, prime minister, Ouster by coup, democraticrepublicofthecongo…Democratic Republic of the Congo politician, Congo Crisis
Patrice Émery Lumumba was an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo a...

Laurent-Désiré Kabila

male, deceased (2001)
joseph, Rebel, Maoism, democraticrepublicofthecongo, revolutionary, zaire…Democratic Republic of the Congo politician
Laurent-Désiré Kabila was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 1997, when he overthrew longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko af...
Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo

male, 43 years old
National Basketball Association, Dallas Mavericks, BlocK, kinshasa, Houston Rockets, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award winner…democraticrepublicofthecongo, naturalized citizen of the United States
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo, more commonly known as Dikembe Mutombo (born June 25 1966), is a basketball player in the...
Antoine Gizenga

Antoine Gizenga

male, 84 years old
Rebel, Alliance pour la majorité présidentielle, Stanleyville, Congolese, Democratic Republic of the Congo politician, Eastern Europe…head of state, democraticrepublicofthecongo
Antoine Gizenga (born 5 October 1925) is a Congolese (DRC) politician, and the Prime Minister of the country since December 30, 2006. Gizenga...
Vincent Otti

Vincent Otti

male, 63 years old
Rebel, Southern Sudan, child soldier, Gulu District, War crimes, Lord's Resistance Army…democraticrepublicofthecongo
Vincent Otti (born ca. 1946) is the second-in-command of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group that is active along the border regions of...
Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley

male, deceased (1904)
explorer, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?", British, Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, journalist, congo…member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Explorer of Africa, democraticrepublicofthecongo
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known in the Congo as "Bula Matari" (Breaker of Rocks or, alternatively, Sledge Hammer), born John Rowlands (January...