KABILA GOVERNMENT

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 KINSHASA 002238

E.O. 12958: DECL:N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR CG
SUBJECT: KABILA GOVERNMENT


1. THE FOLLOWING IS A PUTATIVE LISTING OF THE KABILA
"GOVERNMENT" PRINTED IN A LOCAL KINSHASA NEWSPAPER, "LA CITE
AFRICAINE," ON MARCH 31, 1997. BASED ON NAMES WE HAVE HEARD
IN THE PAST, THE LIST SEEMS TO BE ACCURATE. EXCEPT WHERE
NOTED, ALL COMMENTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NEWSPAPER.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/MINISTERS:
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DEFENSE - COLONEL LOKELO

REPLACES KISSASSE NGANDU, KILLED IN AN AMBUSH IN JANUARY

1997. LOKELO IS THE FORMER CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
OF THE RESISTANCE FOR THE DEMOCRACY.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS - BIZIMA KARAHA

BANYAMULENGE, 29 YEARS OLD, BORN IN UVIRA. IN CHARGE OF
THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICA.

EMBASSY COMMENT: SEE 96 PRETORIA 10502, PRETORIA 990,
JOHANNESBURG 157. END COMMENT.

- GAETAN KAKUDJI

NORTHERN KATANGAN, IN CHARGE OF EUROPE, ASIA, AND MIDDLE
EAST. RESIDES IN BELGIUM

EMBASSY COMMENT: SEE PARIS 3271. END COMMENT.

INFORMATION AND PRESS - RAPHAEL GHENDA

FROM THE KASAIS. RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPAGANDA AND
IDEOLOGY. WAS IN EXILE IN BRUSSELS UNTIL DECEMBER 1996.
LAW DEGREE FROM PARIS UNIVERSITY.

EMBASSY COMMENT: SEE KIGALI 5157. END COMMENT.

JUSTICE - KONGOLO MWENZE

ZAIRIAN-AMERICAN. LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA SINCE 1985. LAW
DEGREE. PRESIDENT OF ANACONZA (ALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE
ON ZAIRE).

ECONOMY AND FINANCES - MWANA NANGA MAWAPANGA

FROM BAS-ZAIRE. STUDIED ECONOMICS IN AN AMERICAN
UNIVERSITY.

EMBASSY COMMENT: PRESS REPORTS INDICATE MWANA RECENTLY
LEFT HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN IN KENTUCKY (WHERE HE
TAUGHT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY) TO JOIN THE AFDL. MWANA MAY BE AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN. HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANACONZA. END COMMENT.

SECURITY - PAUL KABONGO

KASAIN WHO HAS LIVED SEVERAL YEARS IN BRUSSELS.
EMBASSY COMMENT: SURNAME NORMALLY SEEN AS "KABUNGO."
SEE KIGALI 5157. END COMMENT.

EDUCATION - SAMSON MUZURI

BANYAMULENGE

VICE-MINISTER FOR SPECIAL ISSUES (RELATIONS WITH PRIVATE
ENTERPRISES) - JOSEPH RUBIBI

BANYAMULENGE


DELEGATES GENERAL/GOVERNORS/VICE-GOVERNORS
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DELEGATE FOR NORTH KIVU - DEOGRATIS BUGHERA

ZAIRIAN TUTSI FROM MASISI. FOUNDER OF THE DEMOCRATIC
ALLIANCE OF THE PEOPLE. PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
AFDL IN GOMA.

DEPUTY - KAKIRA

ENGLISH SPEAKING OFFICER.

DELEGATE FOR SOUTH KIVU - NINDAGA MASSASSU

ZAIRIAN FROM SOUTH KIVU. COMMANDER OF TROOPS IN SOUTH
KIVU.

EMBASSY COMMENT: NOT LISTED IS THE DELEGATE FOR MANIEMA --
WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES ARE
BETWEEN THE "DELEGATE" AND THE "GOVERNOR" PER PRESS REPORTS
THE DELEGATE IS MULANGWA KATAKO, PROFESSOR AT THE HIGHER
INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL STUDIES IN KINDU.

GOVERNOR OF NORTH KIVU - LEONARD KANYAMUHANGA GAFUNDI

TUTSI.

VICE-GOVERNOR OF NORTH KIVU - APOTRE TUSI

HUNDE FROM RUTSHURU; LEADER OF THE HUNDES.

GOVERNOR OF SOUTH KIVU - ANATOLE BICHIKWABO

PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUJUMBURA. FORMER
DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE SUPERIOR PEDAGOGIQUE.

VICE-GOVERNOR OF SOUTH KIVU - BENJAMIN SERKIZA

FROM UVIRA.

GOVERNOR OF MANIEMA - PIERRE LOKOMBE KATETE

DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED; FORMER RECTOR OF THE KINDU
UNIVERSITY.

EMBASSY COMMENT: 60 YEARS OLD ACCORDING TO PRESS
REPORTS. END COMMENT.


VICE-GOVERNOR OF MANIEMA - RAMAZANI CHARARI

FORMER PROFESSOR AT THE INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT;
36 YEARS OLD; BRILLIANT; RECOGNIZED MANAGEMENT ABILITY.
THE REAL GOVERNOR OF KINDU?

EMBASSY COMMENT: PRESS REPORTING SHOWS ALTERNATIVE
SPELLING - RAMAZANY SHADARY - AND AGE (37). END COMMENT.

GOVERNOR OF HAUT-ZAIRE - DR. YAGI SITOLO

FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF UDPS

VICE-GOVERNOR OF HAUT-ZAIRE - OBOTELA RASHIDI

UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR.


OTHER PERSONALITIES:
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GENERAL MATIANTE -

SPECIAL COUNSELOR OF KAKUDJI, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION FOR THE AFDL.

MAX OLIVIER GAHEN -

BELGIAN PRIVATE CONSULTANT. SON OF ALFRED CAHEN, FORMER
BELGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ZAIRE.

MOISE NVARUSABO -

TUTSI FROM UVIRA. SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENCY OF
THE AFDL. CABINET DIRECTOR FOR THE AGENDA OF LAURENT
KABILA.

COMMANDER FRANCOIS OLENGA -

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF LAURENT KABILA. GENERALLY
LIVES IN COLOGNE, GERMANY WITH HIS FAMILY. DIRECTS AN
IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS.

JOSEPH KABILA -

SON OF LAURENT KABILA. 25 YEARS OLD. OPERATIONAL
COMMANDER OF THE NORTHERN SECTION AT THE TIME KISANGANI
WAS TAKEN.

ANDRE KAPANGA -

CLOSE TO LAURENT KABILA. RESIDES IN THE UNITED STATES.

TONY GOETZ -

BELGIAN NATIONAL, FINANCES THE AFDL BY THE MEANS OF THE
AFFIMET SOCIETY (BUYS GOLD IN BUJUMBURA).

KOTECHA -

INFLUENTIAL BUSINESSMAN IN BUKAVU. PRESIDENT OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMER OF SOUTH KIVU (EX-ANEZA). FRIEND OF
KABILA SINCE 1964.

EMBASSY COMMENT: KOTECHA IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HAS
MAINTAINED CLOSE RELATIONS WITH WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE.
KOTECHA PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN PROTECTING THE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY IN BUKAVU DURING THE COMBAT THERE. TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE, KOTECHA HAS NO LONG-TERM HISTORY WITH KABILA.
END COMMENT.

EDI ANGULU MABENGI -

AFDL REPRESENTATIVE IN SWITZERLAND.

CHARLES NAWEJ -

AFDL REPRESENTATIVE IN BELGIUM.

JEAN-BAPTISTE MULEMBA -

AFDL REPRESENTATIVE IN FRANCE.


FOUNDERS OF THE AFDL PARTY:
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PRP - POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY PARTY: LAURENT KABILA

CNRD - NATIONAL RESISTANCE COUNCIL FOR THE DEMOCRACY:
KISSASSE NGANDU (DECEASED)

MRLZ - REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT FOR THE LIBERATION OF ZAIRE:
NINDAGA MASSASSU

ADP - DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE OF THE PEOPLE: DEOGRATIS BUGHERA




2. BUJUMBURA MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.


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