The National Transition Council of Congo ( French ''Conseil national de transition'') was a political body in the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

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. that was involved in the composition of the 1997 General

Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military officer. He became president of the Republic of the Congo in 1997. He served a previous term as president from 1979 to 1992. During his first period as ...

's government, setting up a 75-member body in the place of the parliament. The National Transitional Council adopted a new

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of Congo in May 2001. The new Constitution enabled the government to choose the date of presidential, parliament and local elections.Conseil national de transition: ''Constitution'' (2011)
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Stance of UN

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supported the National Transitional Council of the Republic of Congo.

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Congo Institutional Situation

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History of the Republic of the Congo Politics of the Republic of the Congo Political organisations based in the Republic of the Congo {{politics-stub