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Appointment as Prime Minister

Republic of the Congo · Government / Government of the Congo. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

13Records
1964–2024Date range
13Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1964

Moise Tshombe10 July 1964

Leopoldville · Government / Government of the Congo

Kasa-Vubu appoints Tshombe to lead a government confronting rebellions and preparing elections.

1965

Evariste Kimba18 October 1965

Leopoldville · Government / Government of the Congo

Kasa-Vubu appoints Kimba to form a government after dismissing Tshombe.

1990

Lunda Bululu5 July 1990

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Mobutu appoints Lunda Bululu during the transition toward multiparty politics.

1991

Bernardin Mungul Diaka23 October 1991

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Mobutu appoints Mungul Diaka after removing Tshisekedi.

Jean Nguza Karl-i-Bond25 November 1991

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Mobutu appoints Nguza Karl-i-Bond to lead a transitional government.

1993

Faustin Birindwa18 March 1993

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Mobutu appoints Birindwa, producing rival claims to legitimate governmental authority.

1997

Likulia Bolongo9 April 1997

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Mobutu appoints General Likulia to organise the government's final resistance.

2006

Antoine Gizenga30 December 2006

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Kabila appoints veteran politician Gizenga to form the first government under the new constitution.

2008

Adolphe Muzito10 October 2008

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Kabila appoints Muzito to lead a new governing cabinet.

2012

Augustin Matata Ponyo18 April 2012

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Kabila appoints former finance minister Matata Ponyo to head the government.

2017

Bruno Tshibala7 April 2017

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Kabila appoints Tshibala under the framework of the Saint Sylvester Agreement.

2021

Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde15 February 2021

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Tshisekedi appoints Sama Lukonde to form a new parliamentary government.

2024

Judith Suminwa Tuluka1 April 2024

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Tshisekedi appoints Suminwa as the country's first woman prime minister.

Names involved

Adolphe MuzitoAntoine GizengaAugustin Matata PonyoBernardin Mungul DiakaBruno TshibalaEvariste KimbaFaustin BirindwaJean Nguza Karl-i-BondJean-Michel Sama LukondeJudith Suminwa TulukaLikulia BolongoLunda BululuMoise Tshombe

Provenance

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