The Rise and Fall of Mobutu Sese Sseko Africa`s Richest president

The 32-year rule of the Congo by Mobutu was the biggest kleptocracy in Africa that made him the worlds richest head of state
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He also served as Chairman 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 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 second coup in 1965.

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