History and chronology of Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga Mobutu in Zaire

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Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga Mobutu History of Zaire


1930	Birth
14th Oct Gbadolite Birth of Sese Seko Mobutu
1958	MNC Mobutu
Appointed Member of the Mouvement National Congolais
1960	Chief of Staff
Commands the Congolese army after the Independence of Zaire
1960	Minister of Defense
Appointed Secretary of the State for Defense
1961	Coup d'Etat
Overthrows the government of Lumumba with the support of the USA & Belgium
1965	Coup d'Etat
Deposes President Kasavubu & announces himself President for 5yrs
1967	Coup d'Etat
Mobutu puts down an attempted coup
1970	Election
Mobutu is elected President
1971	Constitution
Africans are ordered to drop their Chris tian names for African ones
Priests are warned they will face 5 yrs' imprisonment if they baptze a Zaire child
Renames the country the Republic of Zaire
1972	Name Mobutu Zare
Mobutu renames himself Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga
1977	Health
16th May The terminally ill Mobutu leaves Zaire for treatment
1977	Invasion of Zaire
Suppresses a rebel invasion from Angola
1989	Exile of Mobutu
Amin gets as far as Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), where Zairian President Mobutu forces him to return to SaudiArabia
1996	Rebellion
Nov Kinshasa Tutsi rebels and other anti-Mobutu groups as the Alliance des Forces Democratiques pour la Liberation du Congo-Zaire (AFDL) capture Kinshasa
Nov When Mobutu issues an order forcing Tutsis to leave Zaire on penalty of death, they erupt in rebellion
1996	Siege of Kinshasa
Nov Kinshasa Tutsi rebels and other anti-Mobutu groups as the Alliance des Forces Democratiques pour la Liberation du Congo-Zaire (AFDL) capture Kinshasa
1997	Coup d'Etat
Mobutu is overthrown in the First Congo War by Laurent-D‚sir‚ Kabila, who was supported by the Tutsi governments of Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda
1997	Death
7th Sep Death of Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga Mobutu, in exile in Rabat, Morocco, from prostate cancer which had been developing since 1962