Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
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| Gouvernement de la république démocratique du Congo | |
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| Established | 18 February 2006 (Third Republic) |
| State |  DR Congo |
| Leader | Prime Minister |
| Appointed by | President of the Republic |
| Main organ | Council of Ministers |
| Responsible to | National Assembly |
| Headquarters | Secrétariat Général à la Primature, Kinshasa |
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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.
Description
[edit]Under Article 90 of the Constitution of the Third Republic,[1] the government is composed of the Prime Minister, of ministers, of deputy ministers; and as the case may be, of deputy prime ministers, of ministers of state, and of minister delegates. The number of these ministers vary from one government to the next.
The government is headed by the Prime Minister, appointed by the President, from the political party, the group or the coalition that holds the majority of seats in the National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament..
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.[2]
Current government
[edit]The current government is the Suminwa government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Judith Suminwa. Suminwa assumed office on 12 June 2024,[3] and her cabinet was announced on 29 May 2024.[4]
Governments since 2003
[edit]- Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (July 2003 - December 2006)
- First Gizenga government (30 December 2006 - 25 November 2007)
- Second Gizenga government (25 November 2007 - 10 October 2008)
- First Muzito government (26 October 2008 - 19 February 2010)
- Second Muzito government (19 February 2010 - 11 September 2011)
- Third Muzito government (11 September 2011 - 6 March 2012)
- Matata government (6 March 2012 - 7 December 2014)
- Second Matata government (7 December 2014 - 14 November 2016)
- Badibanga government (19 December 2016 - 9 May 2017)
- Tshibala government (9 May 2017 - 6 September 2019)
- Ilunga government (6 September 2019 - 26 April 2021)
- Lukonde government (26 April 2021 - 12 June 2024)
- Suminwa government (12 June 2024 - )
See also
[edit]- Heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Constitution de la Republique Democratique du Congo" [The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo] (PDF). LEGANET.CD (in French). 20 January 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2024 or the unofficial English translation "Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011)". Constitute. Translated by Ruchti, Jefri J. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Article 147 of the Constitution
- ^ Muamba, Clément (12 June 2024). "RDC-Primature: Sama Lukonde passe officiellement le flambeau à Judith Suminwa". Actualite.cd (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "DR Congo ends impasse to appoint new government". Al Jazeera. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
External links
[edit]Official sites
- (in French) The President of the Republic
- (in French) Ministers and Deputy-ministers - At the site of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- (in French) Ministry of the Environment
- (in French) Ministry of Public Health
- (in French) Ministère of Finance
- (in French) Ministry of mining
Other sites
- (in English) Governments on the Congo (Democratic Republic)
- (in English) Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Congo, Democratic Republic of the[dead link]
- (in French) Composition du gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo, Ministre des Affaires étrangères, France
- (in French) Description du noyau du mobutisme et la liste de tous ses gouvernements de 60 à 90, deboutcongolais.info
Gizenga Government
- (in French) Publication de la liste des membres du gouvernement Gizenga 1, digitalcongo.net
- (in French) La composition du nouveau gouvernement de la RDC connue [permanent dead link]
(Much of this page is translated from the French Wikipedia version of this article)