Ruler · 1971 – present

Joseph Kabila

Born 1971, living; politician, military personnel. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 2001 – 2019.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1971; living
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Democratic Republic of the Congo
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo · the 5th of 6 dated reigns · 1960 – 2019

1 before

Mobutu Sese Seko1965 – 1997

Laurent-Désiré Kabila1997 – 2001

Eddy Kapend2001

Joseph Kabila2001 – 2019

Félix Tshisekedi2019 – …

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 2001 – 2019 · 18 years · came to it aged 30

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He remained influential in the DRC's politics after he left office.

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