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Introduction of Zaire Currency

Republic of the Congo · Government / Government of the Congo. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1967Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1967

Joseph-Desire Mobutu23 June 1967

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

The government replaces the Congolese franc with the zaire currency.

Names involved

Joseph-Desire Mobutu

Provenance

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