Kpama Baramoto Kata (born Yakoma, 1947) was a

general A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

of the Zairian

Forces Armées Zaïroises The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo ARDC is the state organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FARDC was rebuilt pat ...

. He was Mobutu Sese Seko's brother-in-law, and served as army chief of staff. After Mobutu's regime collapsed in 1997 he fled to South Africa. The general, who was fired by Mobutu for incompetence in the face of persistent rebel victories, has been a target of military reprisals ever since he was sacked earlier in 1997. Baramoto, a former police officer, married a sister of Mobutu's first wife.Kisukula Abeli Meitho, 2001, 44-45 He was the first commander of the Zairian Civil Guard from 1984.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baramoto Kata, Kpama 1947 deaths Date of death missing Democratic Republic of the Congo military personnel People from Nord-Ubangi