Mobutu Quiz

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Predecessor	Joseph Kasavubu
Successor	Laurent-Desire Kabila
Year he seized power	1965
New name he gave the country he lead	Zaire
Mineral crucial to this country's economy	Cobalt
Name he gave himself as part of the africanisation of the country	Mobutu Sese Seko (Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga)
Meaning of that name	The all powerfull
Political leader arrested in 1961 and turned over to the province of Katanga	Patrice lumumba
Holiday briefly banned in 1972	Christmas
Place where he is buried	Rabat, Morocco
exaggerated rumour about his life in the bedroom	Every night with a virgin