1972 in Zaire

← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Zaire → 1973 1974 1975
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1972 Timeline of Zairean history

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Zaire.

Incumbents

• President: Mobutu Sese Seko

Events

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.^[1]

References

Years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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
Republic of Congo 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
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
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019