Mobutu Sese Seko
Americannoun
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Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, 1930–97, Zairian political leader: president 1965–97.
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Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, official name of Lake Albert.
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Five years later, he played a role in helping Mobutu Sese Seko - the authoritarian leader who seized power in 1965 - gain control in a military coup.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
She moved to Paris again in 1990 and remained there until the end of the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997 before returning to what was now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
In the late 1990s, Rwanda twice sent its forces deep into Congo, joining forces with rebel leader Laurent Kabila to depose the country’s longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
Foreman’s upset loss to Ali was held in 1974 in Zaire, funded by dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who wanted to improve his country’s image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2022
President Mobutu Sese Seko, the maximum leader of Zaire, sent his army into action.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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