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1972 in Zaire

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Decades:
  
1970s 1980s 1990s

See also:
  
Other events of 1972 Timeline of Zairean history

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Zaire.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Mobutu Sese Seko

    • January

  • January 2 - President Mobutu Sese Seko announced his new campaign, "Authenticité", to remove all traces of the former Belgian Congo's colonial past in favor of "Africanized" names, customs and dress. Having changed his own name from Joseph-Desire Mobutu, the President required citizens with European-sounding names to change them to something more authentic.

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