1997 in Zaire

← 1996 1995 1994 1997 in Zaire → 1998 1999 2000
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Zaire 1997 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Zaire.

Incumbents

• President: Mobutu Sese Seko
• Prime Minister: Léon Kengo wa Dondo – Étienne Tshisekedi – Likulia Bolongo

Events

Date	event
	Sizarail is dissolved and all operations are taken over by the Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo (SNCC).
18 February	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1097 is adopted unanimously, in which the Council endorsed a five-point peace plan to address the situation in eastern Zaire.
29 March	Société Minière et Industrielle du Kivu (Sominki) is put into liquidation.
16 May	Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu, army chief of staff, is killed by Mobutu loyalists.
16 May	First Congo War concludes when forces under Laurent-Désiré Kabila enter Kinshasa
17 May	Zaire is renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bank of Zaire becomes Central Bank of the Congo

See also

• Zaire
• History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• First Congo War
• 1997 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources

• Final Statement of the Canadian National Contact Point - Banro Corporation and a Group of Former Employees, Global Affairs Canada, 25 May 2017, retrieved 2021-04-10
• Little, Allan (24 May 1997), "Hope and retribution in Zaire", BBC News, retrieved 2021-04-17
• N'Lemvo Dedengity, Alain Riche (2008), "Historique de la S.N.C.C.", La problématique de l'audit interne dans la gestion des entreprises publiques en République Démocratique du Congo: Cas de « LA SOCIETE NATIONALE DE CHEMINS DE FER DU CONGO (thesis), Institut supérieur du commerce, retrieved 2021-03-30
• Security Council endorses peace plan for Great Lakes region proposed by UN/OAU Special Representative, United Nations, 18 February 1997