Mobutu Sese Seko
Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 (1930 – 1997)
11 dated entries naming Mobutu Sese Seko, drawn from 7 separate years between 1930 CE and 1997 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
Also written as Joseph Mobutu, Mobutu in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.
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20th century
- 1930October 14 – Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1997)source
- 1960September 14 – Colonel Joseph Mobutu takes power in Republic of the Congo via a military coup.source
- 1960November 22 – The United Nations supports the government of Joseph Kasavubu and Joseph Mobutu in the Republic of the Congo.source
- 1960December 1 – Patrice Lumumba, deposed premier of the Republic of the Congo, is arrested by the troops of Colonel Joseph Mobutu.source
- 1965November 24 – Congolese lieutenant general Mobutu ousts Joseph Kasavubu and declares himself president.source
- 1966June 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.source
- 1967July 5 – Troops of Belgian mercenary commander Jean Schramme revolt against Mobutu Sese Seko, and try to take control of Stanleyville, Congo.source
- 1968April 23 – President Mobutu releases captured mercenaries in the Congo.source
- 1997March 21 – In Zaire, Étienne Tshisekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.source
- 1997May 16 – First Congo War ends when president Mobutu Sese Seko is exiled from Zaire.source
- 1997September 7 – Mobutu Sese Seko, 66, Congolese politician and president of Zaire, prostate cancer.source