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When did the country return to the name Democratic Republic of the Congo?
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The country returned to the name Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 1997.12
Following the overthrow of the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko, who had renamed the nation the Republic of Zaire in 1971, the new government under Laurent Kabila reinstated the country's previous name almost immediately.132