President Joseph Kabila of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Incumbent President Joseph Kabila has been declared the winner of the 2006 Presidential elections by the Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kabila has called for calm following the announcement by the election commission.
Kabila is the world's youngest head of state, getting the title as leader of Congo in 2001, after his father, Laurent-Desiré Kabila was assassinated in 2001.
Michelle Faul "DRC on edge as Kabila is declared winner.
The eldest of ten children, Joseph Kabila was born in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and raised in exile in Tanzania.
Kabila was educated in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Joseph Kabila was sent to China for military training, returning to the DRC in 1998 to serve as the army’s chief of staff.
Laurent-Désiré Kabila was assassinated by one of his bodyguards in January 2001.
But Joseph Kabila is said to enjoy a particularly close relationship with Angolan military commanders in DR Congo - whose continued support for the Kinshasa government will be essential in keeping the rebels from attempting a fresh assault on the capital.
Joseph Kabila has what is arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the world - running the vast, chaotic, war-shattered country that is the Democratic Republic of Congo.
But in eastern DR Congo, which bore the brunt of the fighting and where Mr Kabila won by a landside, violence has continued.
The five-year civil war led to shady business deals to mine these resources, but Mr Kabila has not been directly implicated in any.
After two years in office, Mr Kabila has been accused of doing little to tackle DR Congo's vices of corruption, poverty and insecurity.
Kabila was gunned down inside his office here, the government has also begun taking down the wall he had erected around his nation, a wall he used to block any diplomacy to end a war that has drawn in half a dozen African countries.
Foreign DeskGlimpse of New President as Joseph Kabila Takes Oath in CongoBy NORIMITSU ONISHIJoseph Kabila, the 29-year-old political heir whom most Congolese had neither seen nor heard of until this week, was sworn in today as Congo's new president, inheriting a country occupied by a half-dozen foreign armies.
After Violent Decades, Congo Finally Installs an Elected LeaderJoseph Kabila took office pledging to combat the corruption and violence that have crippled his resource-rich nation.
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by not rated - Joseph Kabila has what is arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the world - running the vast, chaotic, war-shattered country that is the Democratic Republic of Congo When he won presidential elections in 2006 at the tender age of 35 he had already been doing the job for almost six years on an interim basis, after inheriting the post following the assassination of his father, Laurent Kabila.
Kabila is not shy, he is reserved Kikaya Bin Karubi But in eastern DR Congo, which bore the brunt of the fighting and where Mr Kabila won by a landside, violence has continued.
Forces loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda, who claims to be protecting Tutsis from Rwandan Hutu rebels, continue to battle the Congolese army and more than a million people are displaced in the region where Mr Kabila was initially hailed for his contribution to peace efforts.
Mr Kabila has become even more unpopular there as Mr Bemba fled the country last year because of treason charges linked to clashes sparked by his defeat.
Foreigner Mr Kabila was born in the Hewa Bora rebel camp in the mountain forests of eastern DR Congo, where his father was based as he led the struggle against former strongman Mobutu Sese Seko.
Wedding Mr Kabila has made very few public speeches, despite being at the helm for more than eight years.
Kabila is not shy, he is reserved.
Mr Bin Karubi adds that if Mr Kabila is not well known to the Congolese, it is mainly because he spends all week working hard in the office and some of his weekends cropping and doing motocross on his farm, Kingakati, on the outskirts of the capital.
With his father installed as DR Congo's leader, Joseph Kabila was sent to China for military training and became army chief of staff before inheriting the presidency.
Joseph Kabila succeeded his assassinated father Laurent-Desire The five-year civil war led to shady business deals to mine these resources, but Mr Kabila has not been directly implicated in any.
Yet, he remains close to the centre of power, acting as one of Mr Kabila's top advisers After two years in office, Mr Kabila has been accused of doing little to tackle DR Congo's vices of corruption, poverty and insecurity.
of Laurent Kabilas guerrilla movement in the Fizi territory of South-Kivu.
Bangubangu tribe of the Maniema province of Eastern Congo.
so that a new constitution could be drawn up.
volatile and politically complex countries in the world.
In a BBC Swahili service interview after returning home from his diplomatic mission to Washington and the UN, President Joseph Kabila said the encounter with President Kagame set the stage for further meetings with regional leaders.
Analysts agree that assassinated President Laurent Kabila was an obstacle to peace in the Congo, "taking pleasure in stalling the Lusaka Peace Agreement.
President Kabila said his country and the whole of Africa needed peace for the well-being of their people.
Since he assumed the presidency after the assassination of his father, Laurent Desire Kabila in January this year, Joseph Kabila has toured the USA, France, Germany and the former colonial power; Belgium.
Kabila is seen by many as the right man to bring to an end the war that has been tearing apart this resource rich country in the heart of the continent, the Sunday Observer observed.
After Kabila was murdered in January 2001, his son, Joseph Kabila, was named president.
Reluctant to be president, Joseph Kabila had no political experience and little military experience.
Joseph Kabila had a twin sister, Jane, and one blood brother, Saide.
As he was preparing to begin university in Uganda in 1996, Joseph Kabila was called back by his father to help him overthrow DRCs dictatorship of then-President Mobutu Sese Seko.
Became a Reluctant PresidentOn January 16, 2001, Laurent Kabila was murdered in his palace by a guard.
New President Was a MysteryThe people of DRC were not confident that Kabila was capable of being president, and there was immense pressure on him to move quickly.
Though fluent in English and Swahili, Kabila was not fluent in French, the official language of DRC, or Lingala, the tribal language spoken by most Congolese.
By May 2001, however, the Economist reported that Kabila had "been more flexible, thus winning the authority and status his father lacked.
When he returned from China, Kabila was given the rank of Major-General, and appointed Deputy-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Congolese Armed Forces, in 1998.
Kabila turned 35 shortly before the election.
On November 15, the electoral commission announced the official results and Kabila was declared the winner, with 58.
These results were confirmed by the Supreme Court on November 27, 2006, and Kabila was inaugurated on December 6, 2006 as the country's newly elected President.
The father of a young girl, Kabila was commenting after watching an exclusive CNN report from last week in which women, children and a doctor described an array of sex crimes by the Congolese military -- some of whom used knives to rape their victims.
Kabila was quick to acknowledge that more than 300 former soldiers have been convicted and jailed for sexual crimes, but admitted that is not enough.
Kabila is the transitional president, appointed to the job after the assassination of his father in January 2001.
Five years ago, Kabila was catapulted to power after his father, then-President Laurent Desire Kabila, was assassinated in an attempted coup.
Joseph Kabila was then 29 years old and the army chief of staff, having spent half his life in the military.
Elections raise hopes in WestNow, at 34, Kabila is running for election at the end of July.
Kabila is considered the favorite among a field of 33 candidates.
However, Laurent Kabila had divorced with his revolutionary ideas long before his death, and his son, Joseph Kabila is said to be pro-business and very well regarded by Washington as a man they can do business with.
Joseph Kabila is said to be ready to negotiate Congos vast minerals deposit to international exploiters.
Kabila expressed his determination and commitment by his government to resolve the ex-Far/Interahamwe problem," Maj.
In 2003 UN forces arrived to restore order, and a transitional national unity government led by Kabila took office.
Can Congo's new ruler end its war?(International)(Joseph Kabila is making a good impression in western capitals.
civil war and remove foreign troops from the country, with some success.
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Kabila was born in the small town Hewa Bora, in the Fizi territory of the South Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On November 27, 2006, Joseph Kabila was confirmed as President following the July 2006 general election.
Kabila was born in the small town Hewa Bora, in the Fizi territory of the South.
Kabila was born and raised to a member of the Luba tribe in Jadotville (present- day Likasi) in the Belgian Congo, Katanga province.
Acting leader of DR Congo Joseph Kabila is a quiet soldier who accompanied his father as he led his rebels army towards Kinshasa in 1997.
I had no idea who Laurent Kabila was until I decided to research him in order to write this article.
Joseph Kabila is the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a former guerrilla commander.
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in as the fourth president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC.
between the official and the black market rates.
hope again for the first time in several years.
serious about improving the quality of government.
The capital that we are looking for is peace.
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Kamerhe said on private Kinshasa radio station Top that the takeover had failed, Kabila had been informed and order had been re-established.
Joseph Kabila is 29 years old and a major general.
Kabila took his oath after a series of prayers from different faiths including Muslim, Christian and the indigenous Kimbanguist Church.
Britains Telegraph newspaper, and others, reported that Joseph Kabila was a taxi driver in Tanzania, but others say he came from Rwanda, and Kabilas supporters says he was born in Congo.
According to some reliable sources, the real name of Joseph Kabila is Hippolyte Kanambe.
Asked where Joseph Kabila is from, Janet Kabila refused to answer.
In 1996, Laurent Kabila was plucked out of a bar in Dar es Salaam, where he was owner/manager, and installed as the Congolese figurehead of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL.
Laurent Kabila was reportedly held behind the frontlines during the ADFL campaign to overthrow Zaire.
Joseph Kabila was a soldier for Kagame, one newly elected Congolese deputy said in April 2007.
While cheered and canonized for ousting Mobutu just a year earlier (1997) Laurent Desire Kabila was soon declared a dictator because he steered Congo on an independent course.
Laurent Desire Kabila was assassinated on January 16, 2001, exactly 40 years less one day after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
Joseph Kabila is married to Sandrine Nguesso, the daughter of Dennis Sassou Nguesso, the President of Congo-Brazzaville.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov 24 (UPI) -- Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 500 people and detained about 1,000 more since elections were held two years ago, a group said.