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: -------------- 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 -------------- 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: -------------- 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: -------------- 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. SIMPSON