Marie-Olive Lembe Kabange

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Marie-Olive Lembe Kabange (2018)

Marie-Olive Lembe Kabange , née Marie Olive Lembe di Sita , (born July 29, 1976 in Kailo , Maniema , Zaire ) was the première dame of the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 2018 .

Marie-Olive Lembe Kabange was born to Barnabé di Sita and Léonie Kasembe Okomba . After the death of her father, she was raised by her mother, who married again, in about 30 kilometers from Goma in North Kivu situated place Kirotshe on. From 1982 to 1987 she attended the École Mushindi . She then continued her training in Goma at the Maendeleo Institute there until 1992 .

She was the long-time fiancée of President Joseph Kabila . The couple was married on June 17, 2006 by the Archbishop of Kinshasa . The couple have two children, their daughter Sifa Kabila, born in 2001, who she named after Kabila's mother Sifa Mahanya , who was premier lady before her , and their son Laurent Désiré Kabila. While Joseph Kabila is a Protestant , Olive Lembe is a member of the Catholic Church . One year after her marriage, she founded the Asbl / Initiative Plus-OLK to support her husband 's work .

An appearance by the President's wife in October 2010 caused a sensation, in which she publicly called for a visit to the churches and for three days of prayer and fasting for the good of the country, and she herself prayed in public, whereupon her example was followed across the country.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There by Douglas Jacobsen
  2. ^ "Profiles: Joseph Kabila". Al Jazeera English. December 6, 2006. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ Primera Dama enfrentando a los gigantes ( Memento of December 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Primera Dama del Congo hace un llamado a humillarse ante Dios en ayuno y oración ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lareformanews.com
  5. ↑ Primera Dama del Congo trae sanación a su nación por la fe  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) October 13, 2010, accessed June 19, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / libreriaguerraespiritual.com  
personal data
SURNAME Lembe Kabange, Marie-Olive
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lembe di Sita, Marie-Olive (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese première dame of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Kailo