Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Joseph Kabila place image here Became President: January 17, 2001 Predecessor: Laurent Kabila Date of Birth: 1971 Place of Birth: Joseph Kabila became president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the assassination of his father Laurent-Desire Kabila in January 2001. He has attempted to end the civil war and remove foreign troops from the country, with some success. Heading an interim administration in 2003 proposals have been made to hold elections before the end of 2005. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.