Mobutu Sese Seko

Född 14 okt. 1930 · Likasi, Belgian Congo

Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), 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.