Kammala wannan jumla: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu ya zo mulki a 1965 bayan wani
shekaru biyar na rikice-rikicen siyasa da tashin hankali wanda ya biyo bayan 'yancin kai. A hankali ya kirkiro wata jam'iyya mai zaman kanta a karkashin jagorancin kungiyar Popular Movement of the Revolution ("Movement populaire de la révolution", ko MPR). Ya zama babban mai ba da shawara ga abin da ya kira "komawa ga amincin" wanda ya nemi tattara asalin asalin ƙasa a matsayin hanyar shawo kan yanki da kabilanci yayin daidaita waɗannan da'awar tare da buƙatun zamani. MPR ta ba da sanarwar a watan Oktoba 1971 cewa za a sake kiran Congo da "Zaire" kuma za a cire wasu sunaye da wuraren tarihi na zamanin mulkin mallaka kafin ƙarshen shekara. Duk da haka, ƙudurin da farko bai haɗa da wani tanadi game da sunayen mutane ba. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, jaridar Belgian "La Libre Belgique" ta buga wani edita mai mahimmanci wanda a ciki ya ba da shawarar cewa mafi girman ma'anar sabbin gyare-gyare zai kasance ga Mobutu ya sake sunan kansa tunda "Joseph-Désiré" a bayyane yake asalin Turai. Da yake rungumar wannan, Mobutu ya sanar a Janairu 1972 cewa zai yi watsi da sunansa na Kirista. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ya ƙara "Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Waza Banga" bayan sunansa na yanzu a matsayin abin da ake kira "post-surname" ("postnoms"). A ranar 15 ga Fabrairun 1972, MPR ta yanke shawarar cewa duk 'yan Zaire dole ne su bi misalinsa kuma su ɗauki "sunayen Zaire na al'ada".