{"slug": "mobutu-sese-seko", "label": "Mobutu Sese Seko", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164535", "qid": "Q164535", "description": "Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 (1930 – 1997)", "entries": 11, "years": 7, "span": [1930, 1997], "span_label": ["1930 CE", "1997 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Joseph Mobutu", "Mobutu"], "related": [{"slug": "democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "label": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "zaire", "label": "Zaire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "united-nations", "label": "United Nations", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1997)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373315156#October", "title": "1930", "revid": 1373315156, "section": "Births › October"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Colonel Joseph Mobutu takes power in Republic of the Congo via a military coup.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#September", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – The United Nations supports the government of Joseph Kasavubu and Joseph Mobutu in the Republic of the Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#November", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – Patrice Lumumba, deposed premier of the Republic of the Congo, is arrested by the troops of Colonel Joseph Mobutu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#December", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Congolese lieutenant general Mobutu ousts Joseph Kasavubu and declares himself president.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#November–December", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Four former cabinet ministers including Évariste Kimba are executed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for alleged involvement in a plot to kill Mobutu Sese Seko.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#June", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – Troops of Belgian mercenary commander Jean Schramme revolt against Mobutu Sese Seko, and try to take control of Stanleyville, Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#July", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – President Mobutu releases captured mercenaries in the Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#March–April", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – In Zaire, Étienne Tshisekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#March", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – First Congo War ends when president Mobutu Sese Seko is exiled from Zaire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#May", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Mobutu Sese Seko, 66, Congolese politician and president of Zaire, prostate cancer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354517761", "title": "Deaths in September 1997", "revid": 1354517761, "section": "Deaths › September"}}]}