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 president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971. He also served as the fifth chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 1967 to 1968. During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu, serving as Chief of Staff of the Army and supported by Belgium and the United States, deposed the democratically elected government of left-wing nationalist Patrice Lumumba in 1960. Mobutu installed a government that arranged for Lumumba's execution in 1961, and continued to lead the country's armed forces until he took power directly in a second coup in 1965.
"We are seeking our own authenticity, and we will find it because we wish, in the innermost fibers of our being to discover it.
"Zaire is the country that has been the most heavily exploited in the world. That is why farms, ranches, plantations, concessions, commerce, and real estate agencies will be turned over to sons of the country.
"In a word, everything is for sale, anything can be bought in our country. And in this flow, he who holds the slightest cover of public authority uses it illegally to acquire money, goods, prestige or to avoid obligations. The right to be recognized by a public servant, to have one's children enrolled in school, to obtain medical care, etc. ...are all subject to this tax which, though invisible, is known and expected by all.
Bobi Ladawa Mobutu (born 2 September 1945) also known as Mama Bobi Ladawa, is the second wife and widow of MobutuSeseSeko who ruled Zaire (now the Democratic
Genolier, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland), also known as Mama Mobutu, was the first wife of MobutuSeseSeko and First Lady of Zaire. Marie-Antoinette was an ethnic
permitted party in the country. It was founded by Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later MobutuSeseSeko) on 20 May 1967. The official ideology of the MPR, as laid down
company in Africa, Gecamines' production plunged during the kleptocratic dictatorship of President MobutuSeseSeko (1965-97). pertaining to a kleptocracy
because we wish, in the innermost fibers of our being to discover it. ~ MobutuSéséSeko (born October 14) 2 Zarbon 04:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC) 1 Kalki 21:45
exercise in presidential hypocrisy, and a half-hearted one at that. MobutuSeseSeko, Zaire's long-ruling dictator, had commissioned it to commemorate his
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