Identity
Current Charges
- One-party authoritarian rule.
- Large-scale corruption and kleptocracy.
- Suppression of political opposition.
- Personality cult and patronage rule.
Full Bio
Mobutu Sese Seko ruled Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 1965 to 1997. His regime was associated with one-party rule, corruption, repression, patronage, and a strong personality cult.