Mobutu Sese Seko
Known for
Acting
Born
October 14, 1930
Birthplace
Likasi, Belgian Congo
Died
September 7, 1997 (aged 66)
Biography
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (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.
Best known work
When We Were Kings
1996
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974
Storyville
1997
Mobutu, King of Zaire
1999
Decolonisation
2020
Africa Rising
2019
Eruption
1962
Mobutu’s Game
2025
Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique
2011
Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africa
2019Filmography
2025
2020
2019
Africa Risingas Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africaas Self (archive footage)
2011
Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafriqueas Self (archive footage)
1999
Mobutu, King of Zaireas Himself (archive footage)
1997
1996
When We Were Kingsas Self
1974
Muhammad Ali, the Greatestas Self
1971
Flame of Persiaas Self
1962