List of heads of state of the Republic of the Congo

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
President of the
Republic of the Congo
Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo.svg
Denis Sassou Nguesso 2014.png
Incumbent
Denis Sassou Nguesso

since 25 October 1997
Term length 7 years
Inaugural holder Fulbert Youlou
Formation 15 August 1960

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

This is a list of Presidents of the Republic of the Congo since the formation of the post of President of the Republic of the Congo in 1960, to the present day.

A total of six people have served as President of the Republic of the Congo (not counting two Acting Heads of State and a collective presidency). Additionally, one person, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.

Presidents of the Republic of the Congo

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Colour key
(for political parties)
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

Republic of the Congo

Status
  Denotes Acting Head of State
President Term of office Political party
Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Took office Left office Duration
1 Fulbert Youlou 1963.jpg Fulbert Youlou
(1917–1972)
15 August 1960 15 August 1963
(Deposed)
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Democratic Union for the Defence of African Interests
2 Alphonse Massamba-Debat.png Alphonse Massamba-Débat
(1921–1977)[1]
16 August 1963 4 September 1968
(Deposed)
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. National Movement of the Revolution
Alfred R. Aoul2.png Alfred Raoul
(1930–1999)
5 September 1968 1 January 1969 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Military
3 70px Marien Ngouabi
(1938–1977)
1 January 1969 3 January 1970 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Military /
Congolese Party of Labour

People's Republic of the Congo

Status
  Denotes Acting Head of State
President Term of office Political party
Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Took office Left office Duration
(3) 70px Marien Ngouabi
(1938–1977)
3 January 1970 18 March 1977
(Assassinated)
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Military /
Congolese Party of Labour
No image.svg Military Committee of the Congolese Party of Labour
Chairman: Joachim Yhombi-Opango
18 March 1977 3 April 1977 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Military /
Congolese Party of Labour
4 Noimage.png Joachim Yhombi-Opango
(1939–)
3 April 1977 5 February 1979
(Resigned)
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Military /
Congolese Party of Labour
Noimage.png Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya
(1936–2008)[2]
5 February 1979 8 February 1979 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Congolese Party of Labour
5 70px Denis Sassou Nguesso
(1943–)
8 February 1979 15 March 1992 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Military /
Congolese Party of Labour

Republic of the Congo

President Term of office Political party
Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Took office Left office Duration
(5) 70px Denis Sassou Nguesso
(1943–)
15 March 1992 31 August 1992 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Military /
Congolese Party of Labour
6 Noimage.png Pascal Lissouba
(1931–)
31 August 1992 25 October 1997
(Deposed)
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Pan-African Union for Social Democracy
(5) Denis Sassou Nguesso 2014.png Denis Sassou Nguesso
(1943–)
25 October 1997 Incumbent Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Congolese Party of Labour

Footnotes

  1. Styled as Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution until 19 December 1963
  2. Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Congolese Party of Labour

Latest election

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

e • d Summary of the 12 July 2009 Republic of the Congo presidential election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Denis Sassou-Nguesso Congolese Labour PartyRally of the Presidential Majority 1,055,117 78.6
Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou Independent 100,181 7.5
Nicéphore Antoine Fylla de Saint-Eudes Liberal Republican Party 93,749 7.0
Mathias Dzon Alliance for the Republic and Democracy 30,861 2.3
Joseph Hondjuila Miokono Independent 27,060 2.0
Guy Romain Kinfoussia Independent 11,678 0.9
Jean François Tchibinda-Kouangou Independent 5,475 0.4
Anguios Nganguia-Engambé Independent 4,064 0.3
Ernest Bonaventure Mizidi Bavoueza Independent 3,594 0.3
Clément Mierassa Independent 3,305 0.3
Bertin Pandi-Ngouari Independent 2,749 0.2
Marion Michel Mandzimba Ehouango Independent 2,612 0.2
Jean Ebina Independent 1,797 0.1
Valid votes 1,342,242 97.2
Invalid votes 38,409 2.8
Total votes (turnout 66.4 %) 1,380,651 100.0
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

See also

External links