Discours de mobutu sese seko biography
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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Mobutu Sese Seko
President of Zaire from 1965 to 1997
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga[a] (mə-BOO-too SESS-ay SEK-oh; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 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. He also served as the fifth chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 1967 to 1968. During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu, serving as Chief of Staff of the Army and supported by Belgium and the United States, deposed the democratically elected government of left-wing nationalist Patrice Lumumba in 1960. Mobutu installed a government that arranged for Lumumba's execution in 1961, and continued to lead the country's armed forces until he took power directly in a secon
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The sixth and final of Tshibumba’s paintings selected is entitled LE DISCOURS LE PLUS APPLAUDI DE L’ONU:
The painting depicts a speech made by President Mobutu to the UN General Assembly in October 1973, pictured below:
(United Nations Photo Archive, “President of Zaire Addresses the General Assembly,” 4 October 1973).
A common theme within depictions of the Congo Crisis has been the relationship between the United Nations and Mobutu Sese Seko. During the crisis General Mobutu led a coup which removed Prime Minister Lumumba from power and placed President Kasavubu in control of the country in 1961. In 1965, just after UN forces left the region, Mobutu returned and became President of the Congo, which he renamed Zaire in 1971 (Nzongola-Ntalaja: 2002). Over the next thirty years of controversial rule Mobutu became a dominant political figure on the international stage. Mobutu remained in power until 1997, after which Laurent-Désiré Kabila became the third P