Dernier discour de laurent desire kabila biography
Dernier discour de laurent desire kabila biography
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Laurent Desire Kabila
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) Date of Birth: 27.11.1939 Country: Congo |
Content:
- Biography of Laurent Desire Kabila
- Emergence as a Leader
- Political Resurgence
- Presidency and Controversy
- Assassination and Succession
Biography of Laurent Desire Kabila
Laurent Desire Kabila was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He studied in France and at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. When Congo gained independence in 1960, Kabila was a youth leader of a party with close ties to then Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.
Emergence as a Leader
In 1964, Kabila participated in one of the three uprisings led by Lumumba's followers in different parts of the country, supported by Che Guevara.
The uprising was suppressed in 1965 by the Congolese army led by Mobutu, who later seized power in the same year. In 1967, Kabila founded the People's Revolutionary Party, which formed a government in the