The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the state organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FARDC was rebuilt patchily as part of the peace process which followed the end of the Second Congo War in July 2003.
Laurent-DésiréKabila or more succinctly,Laurent Kabila,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.
Joseph Kabila Kabange 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 after the assassination of his father,President Laurent-DésiréKabila 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. Since stepping down after the 2018 election,Kabila,as a former president,serves as a senator for life.
Louis Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 to 2019,he was a Member of the European Parliament. Michel is a prominent member of the French-speaking liberal party,the Mouvement Réformateur. He is the father of Charles Michel,the previous Prime Minister of Belgium and current President of the European Council.
The Second Congo War,also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa or the Great African War,began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 1998,little more than a year after the First Congo War,and involved some of the same issues.
The Movement for the Liberation of the Congo is a political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Formerly a rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo that fought the government throughout the Second Congo War,it subsequently took part in the transitional government and is one of the main opposition parties.
James Kabarebe is a Rwandan retired military officer who has served as a Senior Presidential Adviser on security matters in the government of Rwanda,since 19 October 2018.
Antoine Gizenga was a Congolese (DRC) politician who was the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2008. He was the Secretary-General of the Unified Lumumbist Party.
Azarias Ruberwa Manywa is a Congolese politician,lawyer,and public figure. During the Second Congo War he was Secretary-General of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD-G) rebel group. Following the war,he was one of the vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2003-2006. He has also been the leader and president of RCD-G's political party since 2003. He is a member of the Banyamulenge community of South Kivu who belong to the Tutsi ethnic group.
Kimbembe Mazunga is a civil engineer in mechanics,and has been working at "Office des routes" since 1986;he was the governor of the city-province of Kinshasa,Democratic Republic of the Congo,from November 15,2005 to October 16,2006. Originally from the province of Bas-Congo,he is a member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD),the party of the DRC's former president,Joseph Kabila.
Vital Kamerhe Lwa Kanyiginyi Nkingi is a Congolese politician,currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Economy and the leader of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) opposition party. He served as the President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2006 to 2009. After resigning from that office,he went into the opposition and founded the UNC. He ran in the 2011 presidential election. He supported Félix Tshisekedi as a coalition partner in the 2018 presidential election,and became chief of staff when Tshisekedi took office.
Denis Kalume Numbi is a general and a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was part of the Antoine Gizenga government as Minister of State for the Interior,Decentralization and Security. He was replaced in this position on 26 October 2008 by Celestin Mbuyu Kabango when the government headed by Adolphe Muzito was formed.
John Numbi was a Congolese security officer and retainer of Joseph Kabila,who rose to the rank of General. Until January 2010,he was the Inspector General of the Congolese National Police. In 2018 he was appointed as the Inspector General of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC). He was replaced in that role in 2020,and fled the DR Congo after Joseph Kabila's power dwindled in the first quarter of 2021.
Belgium–Congo relations refers to relations between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The relationship started with the exploration of the Congo river by Henry Morton Stanley.
Adolphe Lumanu Mulenda Bwana N’sefu,born on 5 September 1952 in Kabinda,Lomami Province,Democratic Republic of the Congo,is a politician.
Emile Bongeli Yeikelo Ya Ato is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In the first cabinet of Adolphe Muzito,from October 2008 to February 2010,he was Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction.
Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo established diplomatic relations in 1968. Both nations are members of the Group of 24,Group of 77 and the United Nations.
Marie-Ange Lukiana Mufwankolo,born Mufwankolo,is a politician from the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is the Minister of Gender,Women and Children in the Government Muzito II and also in the government of Muzito III since 11 September 2011.
Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,who was a presidential candidate in the December 2018 presidential elections in the country. He was selected following consultations within the ruling People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) political party and the Common Front for Congo (FCC),political coalition. Shadary is the permanent secretary of the PPRD,and has previously served as the country's Interior Minister.
Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba is a Congolese politician who was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2019,formally establishing his government in August 2019. He has had a long political career going back to the 1970s,having held a number of ministerial cabinet posts,and was previously a professor at the University of Kinshasa since 1979. Ilunga has also been the secretary general of Congo's national railway company. He has a reputation as an experienced public servant and technocrat,as well as an ally of former President Joseph Kabila.
