The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second institution in the central

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of the

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 ...

, the first institution being the

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

, who has the title of

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Description

Under the constitution of the Third Republic, the government is composed of a cabinet of ministers, deputy-ministers (vice-ministers), and occasionally state-ministers (which is a senior personal honorific title). The number of these ministers vary from one government to the next. The cabinet is headed by the Prime Minister, also known as the

head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

, appointed by the President, from the political party, the group or the coalition that holds the majority of seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the cabinet is more commonly simply referred to as ''The Government''. The government is the effective executive arm of the state, in charge of all the country's main administration, in all the domains reserved to the central government by the constitution, and in all the domains in which the central government has concurrent jurisdiction with the provinces. The government is accountable to the

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. Any individual member of the government, as well the entire government, can be censored by its lower-chamber, the

, through the vote of a motion of censure, or a motion of no-confidence. When the Prime minister is censured, the entire government is asked to step down.

Current government

The current government is the Lukonde government, under the leadership of Prime Minister

Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge (born 4 August 1977) is a Congolese politician from the former Katanga Province who has occupied the role of Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 15 February 2021. He was named the day of th ...

. Lukonde assumed office on 15 February 2021, and announced his cabinet on 12 April 2021.

Governments since 2003

Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo was tasked with moving from the state riven by the Second Congo War (1998–2003) to a government based upon a constitution agreed on by consensus. In 2001, President Laurent Kabila ...

(July 2003 - December 2006) *

First Gizenga government The Antoine Gizenga cabinet consisted of the Ministers of State, Ministers and Deputy Ministers appointed by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gizenga was Prime Minister from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2 ...

(30 December 2006 - 25 November 2007) *

Second Gizenga government The Antoine Gizenga cabinet consisted of the Ministers of State, Ministers and Deputy Ministers appointed by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gizenga was Prime Minister from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2 ...

(25 November 2007 - 10 October 2008) *

First Muzito government The Adolphe Muzito cabinet consists of the ministers of state, ministers and vice-ministers that form the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (R ...

(26 October 2008 - 19 February 2010) *

Second Muzito government The Adolphe Muzito cabinet consists of the ministers of state, ministers and vice-ministers that form the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (R ...

(19 February 2010 - 11 September 2011) *

Third Muzito government Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * H ...

(11 September 2011 - 6 March 2012) * Matata government (6 March 2012 - 7 December 2014) *

Second Matata government The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds ...

(7 December 2014 - 14 November 2016) *

Badibanga government Badibanga is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Beni Badibanga (born 1996), Belgian footballer, son of Samy * Samy Badibanga (born 1962), Congolese politician * Ziguy Badibanga (born 1991), Belgian footballer {{surname Surnames ...

(19 December 2016 - 9 May 2017) *

Tshibala government Bruno Tshibala Nzenze (born 20 February 1956) is a Congolese politician who served as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017–2019. Education He finished primary and secondary education in Lubumbashi and studied law at ...

(9 May 2017 - 6 September 2019) *

Ilunga government The Ilunga government, from September 2019 to April 2021, was the Democratic Republic of the Congo government led by Sylvestre Ilunga as Prime Minister. President Tshisekedi signed the nomination order for the Ilunga government on 26 August 2019, ...

(6 September 2019 - 26 April 2021) * Lukonde government (12 April 2021 - )

Notes and references

External links

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The President of the Republic
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Ministry of the Environment
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Ministry of Public Health
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Ministère of Finance
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Ministry of mining
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* [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/republique-democratique-du-congo_376/presentation-republique-democratique-du-congo_1274/composition-du-gouvernement_1761.html Composition du gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo], Ministre des Affaires étrangères, France *
Description du noyau du mobutisme et la liste de tous ses gouvernements de 60 à 90
deboutcongolais.info Gizenga Government *
''Publication de la liste des membres du gouvernement Gizenga 1''
digitalcongo.net *
La composition du nouveau gouvernement de la RDC connue
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Description

Current government

Governments since 2003

See also

Notes and references

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