- Dictator of Congo/Zaïre, 24 November 1965 - 16 May 1997
- His name is pronounced: Mobootu Sayzay Sayko kookoo Noogbenda wah zah Bangah
- In 1972 he renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga. His name means "The all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, will go from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake". His name has been transliterated in a wide variety of ways.
- Was a close friend of Dr. William Close, who is the father of actress Glenn Close. Besides being his private physician, Close also served as Zaire's chief medical doctor during Mobutu's dictatorship.
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