Oscar Kashala Lukumuenda

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Dr. Oscar Lukumuena Kashala is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was a candidate in the 2006 presidential election. Doctor Kashala is a graduate of Harvard University and was recently a senior executive at a pharmeceutical company headquartered in Massachusetts. He resigned in order to campaign in the above referenced elections, after years of residence in the [[United States].

In May 2006, thirty members of Kashala's security detail were accused of plotting to overthrow interim Congo president Joseph Kabila. Kashala and the internationally community dispelled the allegations as a blatant attempt by Kabila's administration to intimidate him. [1]

In the 2006 election, Kashala finished in 5th place with 4% of votes in the first round of voting, well short of Jean-Pierre Bemba's 20% and Joseph Kabila's 45%. [2]