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Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (/ m ə b uː ˈ t uː ˈ s ɛ s eɪ ˈ s ɛ k oʊ / ⓘ; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the 1st and only President of Zaire from ...
May 31, 2024 · Mobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) who seized power in a 1965 coup and ruled for some 32 years before being ousted in a rebellion in 1997. His regime had little success in establishing the conditions needed for economic growth and development.
Lumumba’s supporters in the Congo and abroad were outraged and pledged to support his return to the office. In an attempt to avoid civil war, Colonel Joseph Mobutu of the Congolese National Army (CNA) orchestrated a coup d’état on September 14, and ordered the Soviets out of the country.
Sep 8, 1997 · Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire for nearly 32 years with a combination of brutal repression and unbridled greed that impoverished his citizens while earning him millions, died in Morocco on ...
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May 8, 2018 · Mobutu Sese Seko (1930–97) Congolese statesman, president (1970–97), b. Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. He was defence minister under Patrice Lumumba. In 1960, he deposed Lumumba. Mobutu seized power in a military coup against Joseph Kasavubu in 1965. He amassed a huge personal fortune, while his subjects became increasingly impoverished.
May 17, 1997 · Mr. Mobutu has been called one of the world's wealthiest heads of state, a brutal dictator, an inveterate meddler in the affairs of neighbors and a colossal...
Mobutu Sese Seko , orig. Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, (born Oct. 14, 1930, Lisala, Belgian Congo—died Sept. 7, 1997, Rabat, Mor.), President of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1965–97. Mobutu served in the Belgian Congolese army and as a journalist before joining Patrice Lumumba in independence negotiations in Brussels in 1960.
Sep 8, 1997 · Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire's longtime dictator and the last of a generation of cold war rulers who grew fabulously rich by providing a bulwark against Communism, died in exile...
RABAT, Morocco (CNN) -- Mobutu Sese Seko, who held an iron grip on Zaire during his more than three decades in power, died Sunday, less than four months after he was forced into exile. He was...
Sep 7, 2017 · Born Joseph Mobutu in Lisala, in the extreme north-west of the then Belgian Congo, on 14 October 1930, Mobutu went on to become a definitive figure in the DRC’s post-colonial history. Like a number of first generation African leaders, such as Jean-Bédel Bokassa, the army made Mobutu.
