Mobutu Sese Seko

Education

Educated, Mbandaka and Kinshasa.

Career

Sergeant-major accountancy department, Force Publique, Belgian Congo, 1949-1956. Journalist in Kinshasa. Course Institute Social Studies, Brussels, Belgian, then journalist in Leopoldville.

Member Mouvement National Congolaise. Delegate Brussels Round Table Conference on Congo Independence, 1959-1960. Secretary state for national defense Lumunba cabinet, 1960.

Chief staff Congo Army, 1960. Took over supreme power in name of army, suspended all political activity for 3 months, 1960. Appointed college high commissioner to take over government.

Major general, commander-in-chief Congolese forces, 1961-1965. Lieutenant general, president of Zaire, since 1965. State commissioner for foreign affairs and international cooperation, until 1989.

Advanced to rank of marshal, 1982. Founder national party Mouvement Populaire de la Revolution, 1967. Restored name of Zaire to the country. M C.

Achievements

• Mobutu Sese Seko has been listed as a noteworthy President of Zaire by Marquis Who's Who.