January 1967Nationalisation of Union MiniereJoseph-Desire Mobutu
Transfers the major Katangan mining company Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga into Congolese state control.
Historical records for Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1967, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Transfers the major Katangan mining company Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga into Congolese state control.
The new ruling movement adopts a nationalist programme centred on unity and presidential authority.
Mobutu establishes the Popular Movement of the Revolution as the regime's political organisation.
The government replaces the Congolese franc with the zaire currency.
A new constitution establishes a highly centralised presidential republic.
Is abducted when his aircraft is diverted to Algeria, where he remains detained until his death.
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