[11] Aged 29, he was considered young and inexperienced. [20], In 2006, Kabila responded to evidence of widespread sex crimes committed by the Congolese military by describing the acts as "simply unforgivable". [2] Since stepping down after the 2018 election, Kabila, as a former president, will be a senator for life, according to the Constitution of the DRC. [42], On December 30, 2018 the presidential election to determine the successor to Kabila was held. Am 19. He subsequently attempted to end the ongoing civil war by negotiating peace agreements with rebel groups backed by Rwanda and Uganda, the same regional armies who had brought Laurent-Désiré Kabila's rebel group to power three years before. He conferred with government leaders in France and Belgium and also traveled to the United States, where he met with Secretary of State Colin Powell and with officials of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations. The results, however, disagreed with a preelection poll, the tallies compiled by an election monitoring group, and leaked voting data, all of which showed Fayulu as being firmly in the lead. Als Folge seiner langjährigen Aufenthalte in englischsprachigen Ländern spricht Kabila heute besser Englisch und Kisuaheli als Französisch und das kongolesische Lingála, die im Westen des Landes und damit auch in der Hauptstadt verbreitete Landessprache. Die sozialdemokratische Oppositionspartei UDPS von Etienne Tshisekedi, eine der Parteien mit den größten Chancen und einem politischen Programm, warf Kabila zudem vor, eigene Parteien unter dem Namen der UDPS bei der Wahl angemeldet zu haben, um die Teilnahme der UDPS an der Wahl zu verhindern, und boykottierte daraufhin die Wahl. [12] On 11 June 2004, coup plotters led by Major Eric Lenge allegedly attempted to take power and announced on state radio that the transitional government was suspended, but were defeated by loyalist troops.[13][14]. Da im Widerspruch zum 2002 vereinbarten Friedensvertrag keine Nationalarmee gebildet wurde, verfügt er über die alleinige militärische Kontrolle der Hauptstadt Kinshasa – ähnlich wie die mit ihm regierenden Warlords in anderen Regionen. He was elected as President in 2006 and re-elected in 2011 for a second term. Kabila begleitete seinen Vater, den späteren Rebellenführer Laurent Kabila, im Alter von fünf Jahren nach Tansania ins Exil. Nach der Ermordung Laurent Kabilas am 16. Kabila stood for reelection in 2011, facing 10 other candidates in the November 28 poll. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 16. Diese hatte den Auftrag, freie Wahlen vorzubereiten. In December 2002 he signed an agreement with rebels to end the war and to form a power-sharing transitional government. A presidential election was eventually scheduled for December 23, 2018. Kabila wurde nach offiziellen Angaben als Sohn von Laurent Kabila und dessen Frau Mahanya Sifa Kabila als zweites von neun Kindern im Rebellenhauptquartier Hewa Bora II geboren und stammt aus der Bantu-Volksgruppe der Luba. Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire in 1997. Joseph Kabila, (born June 4, 1971, Sud-Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo), army official and politician who was president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 …

Juli 2006 erhielt Kabila die meisten Stimmen, aber nicht die absolute Mehrheit, weswegen am 29. UN peacekeepers arrived at the end of March to monitor the cease-fire and the pullback of troops. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. [26][27] By Wednesday 21 January clashes between police and protesters had claimed at least 42 lives, although the government claimed only 15 people had been killed. Joseph Kabila, (born June 4, 1971, Sud-Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo), army official and politician who was president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 until 2019. He was later, in 2000, appointed Chief of Staff of the Land Forces, a position he held until the elder President Kabila's assassination in January 2001. Little was known about Kabila, and the first assessment was that his father’s advisers had chosen him as a figurehead. In his new term, Kabila faced several challenges, including postelection disputes that persisted into the next year and ongoing violence throughout parts of the country from numerous militias fighting each other as well as attacking Congolese troops and civilians. [19] He named Antoine Gizenga, who placed third in the first round of the presidential election (and then backed Kabila in the second round) as prime minister on 30 December. Joseph Kabila Kabange (/kæˈbiːlə/ kab-EE-lə, French: [ʒɔzɛf kabila]; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019.