What is Laurent-Désiré Kabila?
'''Laurent-Désiré Kabila''' (November 27, 1927 – January 16, 2001), or simply '''Laurent Kabila''' (<small>[[American English|US]]:</small> {{Audio|En-us-Laurent Kabila from Congo-Kinshasa pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|pronunciation}}), was a [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] [[revolutionary]] and politician. He was the third [[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] from May 17, 1997, when he overthrew [[Mobutu Sese Seko]]. He was assassinated by one of his bodyguards on January 16, 2001, aged 73.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irinnews.org/indepthmain.aspx?InDepthId=57&ReportId=72398|title=IRIN – In Depth Reports|work=IRIN|access-date=May 25, 2016|archive-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120184147/http://www.irinnews.org/indepthmain.aspx?indepthid=57&reportid=72398|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was replaced as president eight days later by his son [[Joseph Kabila|Joseph]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kabila, Laurent-Desire}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:Assassinated people]] [[Category:Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] {{bio-stub}}