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Order Of The National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba
Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba (french: Ordre National «Héros-Nationaux, Kabila-Lumumba») is the highest Order (distinction), order of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is awarded to Congolese nationals and foreigners who have rendered merits and loyal services to the nation. The order was instituted in 2002 as a replacement for the National Order of the Leopard. It is named after President Laurent-Désiré Kabila and Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, both of whom were assassinated while in office. History During the independence of the DRC, there have been four "national orders": Order of the Congolese Nation (), National Order of the Leopard (), National Order of Zaire (), and the Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba, the last of which was founded by Law No. 009/2002 (5 August 2002) and amended by Decree-Law No. 012/2003 (30 March 2003). The previous national orders are no longer awarded. The order is named after President Laurent-Désiré Kabila ...
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State Order
A state order, or national order, is an order bestowed by a sovereign state as part of a national honours system.https://www.pressreader.com/lebanon/the-daily-star-lebanon/20180724/281573766486143 These orders, conferred for the merit of the recipient(s), are typically categorised as either orders of chivalry or orders of merit. The equivalent of orders bestowed by formerly reigning royal dynastic families are called dynastic orders. See also * State decoration * Dynastic order A dynastic order, monarchical order, or house order is an order under royal patronage. Such an order is bestowed by, as a legitimate , a sovereign or the head of a once-sovereign ruling family. These are often considered part of the cultural pat ... References Orders, decorations, and medals * Public administration {{Orders-medals-stub ...
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National Order Of Zaire
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Antoine Gizenga
Antoine Gizenga (5 October 1925 – 24 February 2019) was a Congolese (DRC) politician who was the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2008. He was the Secretary-General of the Unified Lumumbist Party (''Parti Lumumbiste Unifié'', PALU). Early life Antoine Gizenga was born on 5 October 1925 in the small village of Mbanze in present day Kwilu province in what was then the Belgian Congo. He attended a Catholic missionary primary school and received his secondary education at the Kinzambi and Mayidi seminaries. He became an ordained Catholic priest in 1947 and led a parish out of his home in Kwilu. He left his position for personal reasons and took several clerical and accounting jobs. After briefly serving in law enforcement for the colonial government, Gizenga became a teacher at a secondary Catholic school. He soon thereafter married Anne Mbuba, with whom he later had four children. Early political career Inspired by the n ...
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Mohammed VI Of Morocco
Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس; born 21 August 1963) is the King of Morocco. He belongs to the 'Alawi dynasty and acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Mohammed initially introduced a number of reforms and changed the family code, ''Mudawana'', granting women more power. Leaked diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks in 2010 led to allegations of corruption in the court of Mohammed, implicating him and his closest advisors. Widespread disturbances in 2011, a Moroccan element of the Arab Spring, protested against corruption and urged political reform. In response, Mohammed put into effect a program of reforms and introduced a new constitution. These reforms were passed by a public referendum on 1 July 2011. Mohammed has vast business holdings across several economic sectors in Morocco. His net worth has been estimated at between and over US$8.2 billion, and, according to the American business magaz ...
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Floribert Chebeya
Floribert Chebeya Bahizire (13 September 1963 – 2 June 2010) was a leading Congolese human rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hailed by the United Nations as "a champion of human rights". His death led to calls for an investigation from more than 50 organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, many countries and several senior UN officials, including Ban Ki-moon, Navi Pillay, Alan Doss and Philip Alston. Career Bahizire was born in Bukavu. He worked from the early 1990s until his sudden suspicious death in 2010, the cause of which has yet to be established. He was the leader of the Voix des Sans Voix (Voice of the Voiceless) human rights organisation. His work led to him being issued with repetitive threats from the police. Throughout his life Chebeya denounced several governments and rulers, including the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, his successor President Laurent-Désiré Kabila and the incumbent government at the time of his dea ...
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Congolese National Police
The Congolese National Police (french: Police nationale congolaise, PNC) is the Law enforcement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, national police force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The national police consists of 110,000–150,000 officers and operates on the provincial level, answering to the Interior Ministry. It is known in the DRC for corruption, repression of political dissidents, and other human rights abuses.Clowes, WilliaSmoke Bombs and Mirrors ''Slate''. Published 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016. It is currently undergoing reforms. A police academy is being built. The current Police Commissioner General is Dieudonne Amuli Bahigwa, a former Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese army officer, who replaced Charles Bisengimana in July 2017. The former Kinshasa Police Commissioner, General Celestin Kanyama, was sanctioned by the United States in 2016 for his role in repressing citizens during 2015 Congolese protests, anti-govern ...
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John Numbi
John Numbi (born 1962) was a Congolese security officer and retainer of Joseph Kabila, who rose to the rank of General. Until January 2010, he was the Inspector General of the Congolese National Police. In 2018 he was appointed as the Inspector General of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC). He was replaced in that role in 2020, and fled the DR Congo after Joseph Kabila's power dwindled in the first quarter of 2021. History John Numbi was born in 1962 in Haut-Lomami (North-Katanga) and belongs to the Luba/ Lubakat ethnic group, like former President Laurent-Désiré Kabila. He met the latter in 1989 then sympathized with his son Joseph Kabila. Politically active, he was an organizer of the youth militia of the Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans (UFERI), which was used by former governor Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza against Luba supporters of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress in the late 1990s. He rose under the presidency of L ...
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Orders, Decorations, And Medals Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo include: * Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba (; five classes) * Medal of Civil Merit (; in gold, silver, or bronze) * Medal of Arts, Science and Letters Merit (; in gold, silver, or bronze) * Medal of Sport Merit () * Medal of Agricultural Merit () * Medal of Maternal Merit () * Medal of Conjugal Merit () * Medal of Peace () * Soldier of Liberation Medal () * Soldier of Liberation Medal (17th of May) () * Cross of Military Bravery (; with star or palm) * Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC ... (; two classes) * Military Decoration (; two classes) * Police Bravery Cross (; with star, palm, or clasp) * Police Cross (; three classes) * Police Decoration (; two clas ...
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President Of The DRC
The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: link=no, Président de la République démocratique du Congo, sw, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, ln, Mokonzi wa Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki), is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The position of president in the DRC has existed since the first constitution – known as The Fundamental Law – of 1960. However the powers of this position have varied over the years, from a limited shared role in the executive branch, with a prime minister, to a full-blown dictatorship. Under the current constitution, the President exists as the highest institution in a semi-presidential republic. The president is protected by the Republican Guard.The constitutional mandate of the then president, Joseph Kabila, was due to expire on 20 December 2016 but was initially extended by him until the end of 2017 and he continued to remain in post until a ...
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Gombe, Kinshasa
Gombe or La Gombe is a municipality (''commune'') in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly known as Kalina, after Lieutenant E. Kallina - an Austro-Hungarian soldier who volunteered in the Congo Free State. Gombe is bounded on the north by the Congo River and in the south by the Boulevard du 30 Juin. Gombe is both a residential area and Kinshasa's business district. Originally the place that housed colonial administrative offices, ''cités indigènes,'' neighborhoods meant for non-colonists, formed around the neighborhood. Government and infrastructure It also houses some of the DRC's principal governing bodies, including the Palais de la Nation and the Banque Centrale du Congo on the Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi. Various ministries, diplomatic and media organizations are also situated there. The offices of Kinshasa's governor are located in Gombe, making it the capital of Kinshasa Province. The ''Direction ...
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Eng Leong Medallic Industries
Eng Leong Medallic Industries Pte Ltd (ELM Medallist & Jeweller) is a privately owned company based in Singapore, specialising in the manufacture of State and Military Order (honour), Decorations and Medals (ODM) and bespoke gifts. ELM also has a defence arm, ELS Defence Equipment Pte Ltd, supplying defence and security equipment and a jewellery arm, Royal Insignia, creating state gifts for royalty and governments. History In 1968, Chua Kang Leong started Eng Leong Sign Craft at Bellios Lane, off Serangoon Road. Initially the shop manufactured medals for wholesalers. In 1971, the company began producing plaques, medals and trophies directly to schools for events such as sports competitions. It expanded to producing state regalia and Orders, Decorations and Medals after producing a set of medals for the United Arab Emirates. In 1996, ELM started manufacturing state medals and ceremonial swords for the Singapore government. In 2000, ELM created ELS Defence Equipment Pte Ltd to su ...
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Emblem Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has changed several times since 1997. The current one was introduced in 2006 and depicts a leopard head, surrounded by an elephant tusk to the left and a spear to the right. Below are the three words which make up the national motto: ''Justice, Paix, Travail'' (''Justice, Peace, Work'' in French). It was adopted on 18 February 2006 by President Joseph Kabila. The arms are described in detail in Section 1, Article 1 of the 2005 constitution. The old emblem, which was introduced in 2003, depicted three interlocked hands surrounded by two laurel branches. At the top is a lion head and at the bottom the motto ''Démocratie, Justice, Unité'' (''Democracy, Justice, Unity'' in French). The coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1999 consists of a light blue shield. In the middle is a yellow star, above which there are six smaller stars. This coat of arms was introduced along with the flag. An even older arms from ...
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