This leader obtained European intervention to defend his country from the Shaba Invasions from his southern neighbor.
This leader obtained European intervention to defend his country from the Shaba Invasions from his southern neighbor. Early in his rule, this man put down the revolt of Pierre Mulele in the Simba Rebellion and had to share power with Joseph Kasa-Vubu. This man launched the "Authenticity Campaign" to encourage African rather than French names. Prior to this man's overthrow at the hands of Laurent (*) Kabila, this man's staunch anti-Communism earned him the support of the CIA in his coup against Patrice Lumumba. Serving from 1965 to 1997, after which his country became the Democratic Republic of Congo, for ten points name this long-time President of Zaire.
This leader obtained European intervention to defend his country from the Shaba Invasions from his southern neighbor.
{Mobutu} Sese Seko