Civil Guard (Zaire)

Zairian Civil Guard
Garde civile zaïroise
The first promotion of the Civil Guard. Kotakoli Air Base, Équateur, in 1985.
Active1984–1997
Country Zaire
Size26,000 men in 1996[1]
Part ofZairian Armed Forces (FAZ)
BaseKinshasa
EngagementsFirst Congo War
Commanders
Current
commander
Gen. Kpama Baramoto Kata

The Zairian Civil Guard (French: Garde civile zaïroise) was a militarised police force in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), created to support the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko.

  1. ^ Kennes 1998, p. 11.