Authenticité (Zaire) renaming of the nation from the Republic of the Congo to Zaire, a Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word "nzere" or "nzadi", which translates as "the river that swallows all rivers." It is generally unknown why the head of state chose a Portuguese colonial name instead of an authentic Congolese name. A biography about the President by "Le Monde" journalist Jean-Pierre Langellier, however, traces the naming of the currency "zaire" back to a dinner Mobutu had with his economic adviser Jacques de Groote and Belgian anthropoligst Jan Vansina, where the latter came up with the term as it believably designates,
27th Quebec Legislature 27th Quebec Legislature The 27th Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the Quebec, Canada provincial legislature that was elected in the 1962 Quebec general election. It sat for six sessions, from 15 January 1963 to 11 July 1963; from 21 August 1963 to 23 August 1963; from 14 January 1964 to 31 July 1964; from 21 January 1965 to 6 August 1965; from 22 October 1965 to 23 October 1965; and from 25 January 1966 to 18 April 1966. The Liberal government led by Jean Lesage continued the Quiet Revolution reforms begun during its first mandate. The official opposition Union Nationale