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[[File:Mobutu.jpg|thumb|Joseph Mobutu]]

[[File:Mobutu.jpg|thumb|Joseph Mobutu]]

'''Joseph Mobutu''' (Mobutu Sese Seko) was the 2nd President and longtime [[dictator]] of the Democratic Republic of the [[Congo]], and held office from November 25, 1965 – May 16, 1997. He was born October 14, 1930

'''Joseph Mobutu''' (Mobutu Sese Seko) was the 2nd President and longtime [[dictator]] of the Democratic Republic of the [[Congo]]. He held office from November 25, 1965, to May 16, 1997. He was born October 14, 1930, and died September 7, 1997.

and died September 7, 1997. His mismanagement of his country's [[economy]], and enriching himself off its financial and natural resources, makes his name synonymous with [[kleptocracy]] in [[Africa]].

 

His mismanagement of his country's [[economy]], enriching himself from its financial and natural resources, makes his name synonymous with [[kleptocracy]] in [[Africa]].

 

An interesting tidbit about Mobutu's reign was his little-known [[space program]], which failed miserably and cost the country over 10 billion dollars.

An interesting tidbit about Mobutu's reign was his little-known [[space program]], which failed miserably and cost the country over 10 billion dollars.