List of Famous people born in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mobutu Sese Seko

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu
First Name Mobutu
Last Name Seko
Born on October 14, 1930
Died on September 7, 1997 (aged 66)

Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the President of Zaire from 1965 to 1997. He also served as Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity from 1967 to 1968. During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu, serving as Chief of Staff of the Army and supported by Belgium and the United States, deposed the democratically elected government of Nationalist Patrice Lumumba in 1960. Mobutu installed a government that arranged for Lumumba's execution in 1961, and continued to lead the country's armed forces until he took power directly in a second coup in 1965.

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Marcel Lihau

First Name Marcel
Last Name Lihau
Born on September 29, 1930
Died on April 9, 1999 (aged 68)

Marcel Antoine Lihau or Ebua Libana la Molengo Lihau was a Congolese jurist, law professor and politician who served as the inaugural First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Congo from 1968 until 1975 and was involved in the creation of two functional constitutions for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Jean-Pierre Bemba

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to December 2006. Bemba also leads the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC), a rebel group turned political party. He received the second-highest number of votes in the 2006 presidential election. In January 2007 he was elected to the Senate.

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Banza Mukalay

First Name Banza
Born on January 2, 1953
Died on May 14, 2016 (aged 63)

Baudouin Banza Mukalay Nsungu was a Congolese politician, born in Coquilhatville. He had most recently served as the Minister of Culture and the Arts of the Democratic Republic of Congo from December 2014 until his death in May 2016. Previously, Mukalay served as Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture and the Arts from April 2012 until December 2014 under President Joseph Kabila and Minister of Mines from 1996 to 1997 under Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko.

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José Bosingwa

José Bosingwa da Silva

José Bosingwa da Silva is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right back.

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Honoré Ngbanda

First Name Honoré
Last Name Ngbanda
Born on May 5, 1946
Died on March 21, 2021 (aged 74)

Honoré Ngbanda was a Congolese politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Defense under President Mobutu Sese Seko.

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