Democratic Social Christian Party

The Democratic Social Christian Party () is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. It is headed by former

Mobutu Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic ...

-era prime minister

André Bo-Boliko Lokonga André Bo-Boliko Lokonga Monse Mihambo (15 August 1934 – 30 March 2018) was a Congolese politician. He served as the First State Commissioner of Zaire from 6 March 1979 to 27 August 1980. From 1967 to 1980, he was secretary-general of the Nation ...

, and was co-founded by Lokonga and Joseph Ileo in 1990. In the 2006 general elections the party gained two seats in the National Assembly. In the 19 January 2007

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, the party won one of 108 seats. It is a member of the

Centrist Democrat International The Centrist Democrat International ( es, Internacional Demócrata de Centro) is a Christian-democratic political international. Until 2001, it was known as the Christian Democrat International (CDI); before 1999, it was known as the Christian ...

organization. 1990 establishments in Zaire Christian democratic parties in Africa Federalism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Federalist parties Political parties established in 1990 Political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-party-stub