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The current president is Félix Tshisekedi, since 24 January 2019. [1] ... Official website of the President of the DRC; World Statesmen – Congo (Kinshasa)
On 19 January, the Constitutional Court dismissed the challenge, officially making Tshisekedi president-elect. [15] He was sworn in as president on 24 January 2019, [16] taking office the next day. [3] This marked the first time since the Congo gained independence in 1960 that an incumbent president peacefully transferred power to the ...
The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Président de la République démocratique du Congo, Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Lingala: Mokonzi wa Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The party is led by Félix Tshisekedi, who has served as President of the DRC since his election in 2018. Tshisekedi's assumption of the presidency was the first peaceful transition of power in the country since it became independent from Belgium in 1960. [5] He was reelected in 2023. [6] His father Étienne Tshisekedi previously led the party. [1]
President Tshisekedi called for a national mobilization, urging citizens to rally behind FARDC against what he called "Rwanda's barbaric aggression". [130] Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the fighting in Goma. [131] It was reported that hundreds of female inmates were raped and burned alive during the mass jailbreak from Goma's prison. [132]
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 ...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and ...
Under the 2006 constitution, which was promulgated in February 2006, the position of Vice-President becomes obsolete, after the inauguration of the first President of the DRC, elected democratically by direct universal suffrage. This inauguration occurred on December 6, 2006.