On this day, 28 years ago, on September 7, 1997 (August 6, 1997 in the lunar calendar), former Zairean President Mobutu died in Morocco. Désiré Mobutu (1930-1997), President of Zaire and Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Movement, was born on October 14, 1930 in Lisala County, Equateur Province. He is of Bangara nationality and Catholic. In 1948, he entered the Institute of Social Studies in Brussels, Belgium. Served in the Belgian Colonial Army in 1949. After 1956, he was a journalist for Future and editor of African Reality. In 1958, he went to the Belgian Institute of Social Studies to study journalism. In October 1959 he joined the Mouvement nationale congolais party founded by Momba. In 1960, as Lumumba's assistant, he attended the round table meeting with Belgium to negotiate the independence of Congo (Libya) and supported Lumumba's independence of Congo. On June 30 of the same year, when Congo became independent, President Kasavubu and Prime Minister Lumumba formed a coalition government and appointed Mobutu as Chief of Staff of the National Army. Eight days later, the National Army defected, and Mobutu became one of the few officers who could control the army, enough to sway the situation in the struggle for power between Casabubu and Lumumba. On September 14 of the same year, a coup was launched to take over the Lumumba government. In December, he became commander-in-chief of the National Army. In 1963, mercenaries and anti-government armed forces were defeated twice. On November 24, 1965, they launched another military coup, overthrowing President Kasavubu, appointed himself as president, and promoted to Lieutenant General. Since 1966, he has served concurrently as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. In May 1967, he founded the People's Revolutionary Movement and served as chairman. In December 1970, December 1977 and July 1984, he won three consecutive elections. In 1971, the name was changed to Zaire, and in 1974 the Constitution was revised to establish one political party, the People's Revolutionary Movement, and one leader, Mobutu. In 1977, he led the counterattack against Soviet and Cuban mercenary invasions. In October 1980, he was canonized as the chief of the Banga ethnic group. In 1982, he was promoted to Marshal. In the early days of his administration in the 1960s, the political situation was stable and the economy grew. After the 1970s, extreme nationalization and nationalization policies were adopted, and the economy was in trouble. In 1990, multi-party systems emerged in Africa, and on April 24 he announced the implementation of a limited multi-party system. He himself withdrew from the People's Revolutionary Movement and "transcended partisan disputes" as an arbitrator. On October 6 of the same year, it was announced that the whole people would implement democracy. On May 17, 1997, after more than 20 years of arduous guerrilla warfare and with the armed support of Uganda and other countries in the Great Lakes region, the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo finally captured the capital Kinshasa. Mobutu fled the capital the day before and went into exile in a certain Morocco. Mobutu died in Morocco on September 7, 1997.