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History of Zaire

First meeting of the Union Sacrée de l'Opposition Radicale

The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Zaire.

Incumbents

President: Mobutu Sese Seko
Prime Minister: Lunda Bululu – Mulumba Lukoji – Étienne Tshisekedi – Bernardin Mungul Diaka – Jean Nguza Karl-i-Bond

Events

Date	event
	Air Africa, based in Kahemba Airport and operated by Moscow Airways, is founded
	Trans Service Airlift starts operations from N'djili Airport, Kinshasa.
	Association des Guides du Congo (now the Guides de la République Démocratique du Congo) is founded,
1 April	Mulumba Lukoji of the Popular Movement of the Revolution appointed prime minister
August	Sovereign National Conference meets to discuss the future of the nation, but collapses within a month.
22 or 23 September	Paratroopers in Kinshasa mutiny and begin to riot, starting the 1991 Zaire unrest.
23 September	The French military launches an intervention (Operation Baumier) to rescue foreigners threatened by the spreading unrest in Zaire.
24 September	The Belgian military launches an intervention (Operation Blue Beam) with similar aims as the French. Order in Kinshasa is restored, although riots continue in the rest of the country.
29 September	Étienne Tshisekedi of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress appointed prime minister
1 November	Bernardin Mungul Diaka of the Democratic Assembly for the Republic appointed prime minister
25 November	Jean Nguza Karl-i-Bond of the Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans appointed prime minister

See also

References

Human Rights Watch 1993 - Zaire.

Sources

"Human Rights Watch World Report 1993 - Zaire", Refworld, retrieved 18 April 2021

v t e Years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congo Free State	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Belgian Congo	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Republic of Congo	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Zaire	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
DR Congo	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 1991 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zaire Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara