Mobutu Sese Seko
 Mobutu Sese Seko     ( military officer, politician) | |
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| Born | Joseph-Desiré Mobutu 1930-10-14 Lisala, Belgian Congo |
| Died | 1997-09-07 (Age 66) Rabat, Morocco |
| Nationality | Congolese |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Children | 14 |
| Spouse | Marie-Antoinette Mobutu |
| Member of | The 1001 Club |
| Interest of | Larry Devlin |
| Party | Popular Movement of the Revolution |
Mobutu Sese Seko was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only President of Zaire from 1971 to 1997.
Previously, Mobutu was the second President of Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971. He was also the fifth chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 1967 to 1968.
During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu was Chief of Staff of the Army and, supported by Belgium, Britain and the United States, deposed the democratically elected government of nationalist Patrice Lumumba in September 1960. Mobutu arranged for Lumumba to be taken to the secessionist Katanga province, where he was imprisoned, tortured and subsequently executed by firing squad in January 1961.[2]
Mobutu continued to lead the country's armed forces until he took power directly in a second coup in 1965.[3]
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| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:The Mysterious Death of a UN Hero | Article | 16 September 2013 | Lisa Pease | Former President Harry S. Truman was convinced Hammarskjöld had been murdered. A Sept. 20, 1961 New York Times article quoted Truman as having told reporters, “Dag Hammarskjöld was on the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘When they killed him.’” |
