Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , is Congo's elected Head of State, and the ex officio "Supreme Commander" of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ....

 since January 2001. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Laurent-Désiré Kabila was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 17, 1997, when he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, until his assassination by his bodyguards on January 18, 2001...

. He was elected as President in 2006 and is standing for another term in the 2011 election.
Joseph Kabila Kabange was born on June 4, 1971 at Hewabora, a small village in the Fizi

Fizi

Fizi is a territory and town in the province of Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the south of the province, on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. The region has had a long history of independence from Kinshasa. It was the location of the maquis set up by Laurent-Désiré...

 territory of the South Kivu province, in Eastern Congo.