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Born June 4, 1971 (age 53) • Democratic Republic of the Congo
Title / Office president (2001-2019), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Notable Family Members father Laurent Kabila

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Patrice Lumumba
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko
president of Zaire
Laurent Kabila
president of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Étienne Tshisekedi
prime minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Libyan statesman
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Roman leader
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré
president of Burkina Faso
Sam Manekshaw
Sam Manekshaw
Indian field marshal
Idriss Déby
Idriss Déby
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Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
president of Tunisia
John Shalikashvili
John Shalikashvili
United States Army officer
Manuel Noriega
Manuel Noriega
Panamanian military leader
Qassem Soleimani
Qassem Soleimani
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Ibrahim Babangida
head of state of Nigeria
Moise Tshombe
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