Politics of the Democratic Republic of Congo take place in the framework of a republic in transition from a civil war to a semi-presidential republic.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo,also known as DR Congo or Congo-Kinshasa is a country in Central Africa. By land area the Congo is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 109 million,the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa,which is also the economic center. The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo,Central African Republic,South Sudan,Uganda,Rwanda,Burundi,Tanzania,Zambia,Angola,the Cabinda exclave of Angola,and the South Atlantic Ocean.
Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father,President Laurent-DésiréKabila in the context of the Second Congo War. He was allowed to remain in power after the 2003 Pretoria Accord ended the war as the president of the country's new transitional government. He was elected as president in 2006 and re-elected in 2011 for a second term. Since stepping down after the 2018 election,Kabila,as a former president,serves as a senator for life.
Mbuyamu Ilankir "Freddy" Matungulu (born January 4,1955 Belgian Congo is a Congolese economist. He was Minister of Finance of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 to 2003.
Vital Kamerhe Lwa Kanyiginyi Nkingi is a Congolese politician,currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Economy and the leader of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) party. He served as the President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2006 to 2009. After resigning from that office,he went into the opposition and founded the UNC. He ran in the 2011 presidential election. He supported Félix Tshisekedi as a coalition partner in the 2018 presidential election,and became chief of staff when Tshisekedi took office.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,also known as the Cabinet,is the junior institution in the executive branch of the central authority governing the Democratic Republic of the Congo,the senior institution being the President of the Republic. The President is the head of state whereas the Prime Minister is the head of government.
Adolphe Lumanu Mulenda Bwana N’sefu,born on 5 September 1952 in Kabinda,Lomami Province,Democratic Republic of the Congo,is a politician.
Anita M. Vandenbeld is a Canadian politician,who was elected to represent the riding of Ottawa West—Nepean for the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election. She was re-elected in the same riding in 2019,and re-elected in 2021. Vandenbeld currently serves as Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Development.
Bruno Tshibala Nzenze is a Congolese politician who served as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017–2019.
Marie-Ange Lukiana Mufwankolo,born Mufwankolo,is a politician from the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is the Minister of Gender,Women and Children in the Government Muzito II and also in the government of Muzito III since 11 September 2011.
Colette Tshomba Ntundu is a politician from the Democratic Republic of Congo. She was elected national deputy for the constituency of Funa three times,in 2006,2011 and 2018.
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019. He is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS),the DRC's oldest and largest party,succeeding his late father Étienne Tshisekedi in that role,a three-time Prime Minister of Zaire and opposition leader during the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. Tshisekedi was the UDPS party's candidate for president in the December 2018 general election,which he was awarded,despite accusations of irregularities from several election monitoring organisations and other opposition parties. The Constitutional Court of the DRC upheld his victory after another opposition politician,Martin Fayulu,challenged the result,but Tshisekedi has been accused of making a deal with his predecessor,Joseph Kabila. The election marked the first peaceful transition of power since the state became independent from Belgium in 1960.
Nicolas Kazadi is a Congolese politician and career diplomat who has been Ambassador-at-large for the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 7 March 2019 and Minister of Finance since 12 April 2021.
Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi is a Congolese lawyer and politician who in 2019 became the first woman elected to lead the Democratic Republic of the Congo's National Assembly. She was impeached on December 10,2020,through a democratic vote by the National Assembly with 281 votes.
Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba is a Congolese politician who was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2019,formally establishing his government in August 2019. He has had a long political career going back to the 1970s,having held a number of ministerial cabinet posts,and was previously a professor at the University of Kinshasa since 1979. Ilunga has also been the secretary general of Congo's national railway company. He has a reputation as an experienced public servant and technocrat,as well as an ally of former President Joseph Kabila.
Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge is a Congolese politician from the former Katanga Province who served as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2021 to 2024. He announced his first cabinet on 12 April 2021. He is a member of the Future of Congo party.
Faustin Luanga is a Congolese politician and career diplomat who has been Ambassador-at-large for the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 4 June 2021.
Dominique Sakombi Inongo was a Congolese politician and diplomat.
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,and Ilunga assumed office on 7 September 2019.
