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| 1960 | Lumumba, Patrice mery |  |
| 24th Sep A coup d'tat endorsed by the CIA and organized by Colonel Joseph Mobutu removes Lumumba from office |
| 24th Sep Lumumba is placed under informal house arrest at the Prime Minister's residence, UN troops are positioned around the house to protect him |
| 1960 | Mobutu, Joseph | |
| 24th Sep A coup d'tat endorsed by the CIA and organized by Colonel Joseph Mobutu removes Lumumba from office |
| 1961 | Mobutu, Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga | |
| Overthrows the government of Lumumba with the support of the USA & Belgium |
| 1965 | Mobutu, Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga | |
| Deposes President Kasavubu & announces himself President for 5yrs |
| 1967 | Mobutu, Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga | |
| Mobutu puts down an attempted coup |
| 1968 | Ngoubai, Marien | |
| Takes power by a military coup & Allies with the USSR |
| 1997 | Mobutu, Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga | |
| Mobutu is overthrown in the First Congo War by Laurent-Dsir Kabila, who was supported by the Tutsi governments of Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda |
| 2001 | Kablila, Laurent-Desire | |
| 16th Jan Kinshasa The assassination of Kabila is part of a failed coup which is crushed |
