Laurent Nkunda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Laurent Nkunda

Congolese military and politician

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1967

Place of Birth: Rutshuru, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Profession: politician, military leader

Nationality: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Laurent Nkunda (or Laurent Nkundabatware Mihigo (birth name), or Laurent Nkunda Batware, or as he prefers to be called The Chairman; born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is the former warlord (leader of a rebel faction) operating in the province of Nord-Kivu, sympathetic to Congolese Tutsis and the Tutsi-dominated government of neighbouring Rwanda.
Nkunda, who is himself a Congolese Tutsi, commanded the former DRC troops of the 81st and 83rd Brigades of the DRC Army.
He speaks English, French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Lingala and Kinande.
On January 22, 2009, he was put under house arrest in Gisenyi when he was called for a meeting to plan a joint operation between the Congolese and Rwandan militaries.