Joseph Kabila [SEP] position held
Joseph Kabila
Joseph Kabila Kabange (; ; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila. He was elected as President in 2006 and re-elected in 2011 for a second term. Since stepping down after the 2018 election, Kabila, as a former president, will be a senator for life, according to the Constitution of the DRC
2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2014.
The elections were initially scheduled for 2012, but were delayed until 2014.
Elections were held for nineteen provincial governors. Fourteen of the elections were won by allies of President Joseph Kabila, and were considered to have shored up Kabila's position, particularly in terms of control over local defence forces.
Some leaders of the opposition claimed that the elections had been rigged.