Last Updated: January 19, 2026
LAURENT NKUNDA
Aliases
Laurent Nkunda Batware; Laurent Nkunda Mahoro Batware; Laurent Nkunda Bwatare; Chairman; Nkunda Mihigo Laurent; Nkunda; Laurent Nkundabatware; Papa Six
Position
Former RCD-G General; Founder of the National Congress for the People’s Defense; Officer for the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF); Senior Officer for the Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma (RCD-G)
Nationality
Congo (Democratic Republic)
DoB
1967-02-06; 1967-02-02
Other Information
Former RCD-G General. Founder, National Congress for the People’s Defense, 2006; Senior Officer, Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma (RCD-G), 1998-2006; Officer Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), 1992-1998. Laurent Nkunda was arrested by Rwandan authorities in Rwanda in January 2009 and replaced as the commander of the CNDP. Since then, he has been unde...
Date of listing
2005-11-01
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain sanctions measures relating to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (‘the DRC’) continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Re...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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