Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Desiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (which Mobutu renamed Zaire in 1971) from 1965 to 1997.
Že leta 1945 je postal eden od ustanoviteljev delavskega sindikata, leta 1952 pa vodja Gvinejske demokratske stranke.