Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (born 1930)

Mobutu Sese Seko

President of DR Congo and Zaire from 1965 to 1997

Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, 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 first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997. Previously, Mobutu served as the second…

List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the country's independence in 1960.