Ruler · 1930 – 1997
Mobutu Sese Seko
Lived 1930 – 1997; politician, military personnel. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1965 – 1997; also in the line of Zaire. The atlas files them under Zaire.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- 1930 – 1997
- 67 years
- In office
- 32 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 2
- states
- Left it
- died in office
- Wikidata's manner of death
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo · the 2nd of 6 dated reigns · 1960 – 2019
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Reigned 1965 – 1997 · 32 years · came to it aged 35
- Came to it
- seized power
- Left it
- died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; prostate cancer
With the government in near-paralysis, Mobutu seized power in a bloodless coup on 24 November.
Also in the line of Zaire.
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