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Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second institution in the central executive branch of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the first institution being the President, who has the title of head of state.

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

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 Parliament. Any individual member of the government, as well the entire government, can be censored by its lower-chamber, the National Assembly, 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.[1]

Current government

The current government is the Lukonde government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde. Lukonde assumed office on 15 February 2021,[2] and announced his cabinet on 12 April 2021.[3][4]

Governments since 2003

See also


Notes and references

  1. Constitution of the DRC, Wikisource, accessed on 2007-02-12
  2. "DR Congo's Tshisekedi names new PM after power struggle". France 24. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  3. "DR Congo announces formation of new government". DW.COM. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. "DR Congo announces new Cabinet". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-05-02.

Official sites

Other sites

Gizenga Government

(Much of this page is translated from the French Wikipedia version of this article)


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