{"id":"eddy-kapend","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/eddy-kapend","language":"en","name":"Eddy Kapend","name_en":"Eddy Kapend","name_ne":null,"description":"Congolese military personnel","headline":"Congolese military personnel","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Eddy Kapend is a military officer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who served as former president Laurent-Désiré Kabila's close military advisor and as the second-in-command of the Congolese army. In 2001, Kabila was assassinated by Rachidi Kasereka in his office, and Kapend killed Rachidi minutes later. In a trial widely criticized by international human rights organizations, Kapend and 80 others were convicted of participation in Kabila's killing and were sentenced to death. Released on January 8 by presidential pardon, he was exceptionally appointed by the current president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, as brigadier general commander of the army in the province of Haut-Katanga on October 19, 2023. A 2011 investigative film, Murder in Kinshasa, reviewed the evidence that Kapend was not involved in Kabila's killing.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1960","date":"1960"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Katanga Province","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217242"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Université de Lubumbashi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588869"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (16 January 2001 – 17 January 2001)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3409199","start":"2001-01-16","end":"2001-01-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Kapend","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Eddy Kapend born?","a":"Eddy Kapend was born on 1960 in Katanga Province."},{"q":"What positions has Eddy Kapend held?","a":"Positions held by Eddy Kapend include: President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001–2001)."},{"q":"Where did Eddy Kapend study?","a":"Eddy Kapend was educated at Université de Lubumbashi."}],"related":[{"name":"Joseph Kabila","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joseph-kabila"},{"name":"Laurent-Désiré Kabila","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/laurent-desire-kabila"},{"name":"Mobutu Sese Seko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mobutu-sese-seko"},{"name":"Joseph Kasa-Vubu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joseph-kasa-vubu"},{"name":"Félix Tshisekedi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/felix-tshisekedi"},{"name":"Aba, ruler of Olba","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aba-ruler-of-olba"},{"name":"Abbas II of Persia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abbas-ii-of-persia"},{"name":"Abdul Hamid I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-hamid-i"},{"name":"Abdul Hamid II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-hamid-ii"},{"name":"Abdülmecid I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdulmecid-i"},{"name":"Abish Khatun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abish-khatun"},{"name":"Abraham Vita de Cologna","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abraham-vita-de-cologna"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Eddy Kapend","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Kapend","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3047334","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047334","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Eddy Kapend, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Eddy Kapend\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/eddy-kapend. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T06:49:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/eddy-kapend","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/eddy-kapend","ne":null}}