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href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Human rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Government</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">President</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Tshisekedi" title="Félix Tshisekedi">Félix Tshisekedi</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Government</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Prime Minister</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="List of prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Judith_Suminwa" title="Judith Suminwa">Judith Suminwa</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Cabinet</a> <dl><dd>(<a href="/wiki/Suminwa_government" title="Suminwa government">current cabinet</a>)</dd></dl></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Parliament</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" 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Congo">Chiefdoms</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Communes</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li>Recent and upcoming elections <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/2018_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_general_election" title="2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_general_election" title="2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election">2023</a></li></ul></div></dd> 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talk:Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo</b>, also known as the <b>Cabinet</b>, is the junior institution in the <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Central_government" title="Central government">central authority</a> governing the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, the senior institution being the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">President of the Republic</a>. The President is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> whereas the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Prime Minister</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under Article 90 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Constitution of the Third Republic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-const_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">National Assembly</a>, the lower chamber of Parliament.. </p><p>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. </p><p>The government is accountable to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Parliament</a>. Any individual member of the government, as well the entire government, can be censored by its lower-chamber, the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">National Assembly</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_government">Current government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current government is the <a href="/wiki/Suminwa_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Suminwa cabinet">Suminwa government</a>, under the leadership of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Judith_Suminwa" title="Judith Suminwa">Judith Suminwa</a>. Suminwa assumed office on 12 June 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and her cabinet was announced on 29 May 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governments_since_2003">Governments since 2003</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governments since 2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transitional_Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> (July 2003 - December 2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gizenga_government" class="mw-redirect" title="First Gizenga government">First Gizenga government</a> (30 December 2006 - 25 November 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gizenga_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Gizenga government">Second Gizenga government</a> (25 November 2007 - 10 October 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Muzito_government" class="mw-redirect" title="First Muzito government">First Muzito government</a> (26 October 2008 - 19 February 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Muzito_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Muzito government">Second Muzito government</a> (19 February 2010 - 11 September 2011)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Third_Muzito_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Third Muzito government (page does not exist)">Third Muzito government</a> (11 September 2011 - 6 March 2012)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matata_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matata government (page does not exist)">Matata government</a> (6 March 2012 - 7 December 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Matata_government" title="Second Matata government">Second Matata government</a> (7 December 2014 - 14 November 2016)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badibanga_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Badibanga government (page does not exist)">Badibanga government</a> (19 December 2016 - 9 May 2017)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tshibala_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tshibala government (page does not exist)">Tshibala government</a> (9 May 2017 - 6 September 2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilunga_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilunga government">Ilunga government</a> (6 September 2019 - 26 April 2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lukonde_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Lukonde government">Lukonde government</a> (26 April 2021 - 12 June 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suminwa_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Suminwa cabinet">Suminwa government</a> (12 June 2024 - )</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heads_of_state_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-const-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-const_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://leganet.cd/Legislation/Droit%20Public/Constitution.2011.pdf">"Constitution de la Republique Democratique du Congo"</a> [The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo] <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>LEGANET.CD</i> (in French). 20 January 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190221223039/https://leganet.cd/Legislation/Droit%20Public/Constitution.2011.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 21 February 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 July</span> 2024</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=LEGANET.CD&rft.atitle=Constitution+de+la+Republique+Democratique+du+Congo&rft.date=2011-01-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fleganet.cd%2FLegislation%2FDroit%2520Public%2FConstitution.2011.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernment+of+the+Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo" class="Z3988"></span> or the unofficial English translation <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_2011">"Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011)"</a>. <i>Constitute</i>. Translated by Ruchti, Jefri J<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Constitute&rft.atitle=Congo+%28Democratic+Republic+of+the%29+2005+%28rev.+2011%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.constituteproject.org%2Fconstitution%2FDemocratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_2011&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernment+of+the+Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Article 147 of the Constitution</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMuamba2024" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Muamba, Clément (12 June 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2024/06/12/rdc-primature-sama-lukonde-passe-officiellement-le-flambeau-judith-suminwa">"RDC-Primature: Sama Lukonde passe officiellement le flambeau à Judith Suminwa"</a>. <i>Actualite.cd</i> (in French)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 June</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Actualite.cd&rft.atitle=RDC-Primature%3A+Sama+Lukonde+passe+officiellement+le+flambeau+%C3%A0+Judith+Suminwa&rft.date=2024-06-12&rft.aulast=Muamba&rft.aufirst=Cl%C3%A9ment&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Factualite.cd%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F06%2F12%2Frdc-primature-sama-lukonde-passe-officiellement-le-flambeau-judith-suminwa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernment+of+the+Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/29/dr-congo-ends-impasse-to-appoint-new-government">"DR Congo ends impasse to appoint new government"</a>. <i>Al Jazeera</i>. 29 May 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Al+Jazeera&rft.atitle=DR+Congo+ends+impasse+to+appoint+new+government&rft.date=2024-05-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2024%2F5%2F29%2Fdr-congo-ends-impasse-to-appoint-new-government&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernment+of+the+Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Official sites </p> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.presidentrdc.cd/">The President of the Republic</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041216110649/http://www.presidentrdc.cd/ministres.html">Ministers</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041216110550/http://www.presidentrdc.cd/viceministres.html">Deputy-ministers</a> - At the site of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.medd.gouv.cd/">Ministry of the Environment</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.minisanterdc.cd/">Ministry of Public Health</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070203084813/http://www.minfinrdc.cd/">Ministère of Finance</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miningcongo.cd/">Ministry of mining</a></li></ul> <p>Other sites </p> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in English)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/cd.html">Governments on the Congo (Democratic Republic)</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in English)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications//chiefs/chiefs41.html">Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2023">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/republique-democratique-du-congo_376/presentation-republique-democratique-du-congo_1274/composition-du-gouvernement_1761.html">Composition du gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo</a>, Ministre des Affaires étrangères, France</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050901000756/http://www.deboutcongolais.info/crimes_mobutisme/2_crimes_noyau.html">Description du noyau du mobutisme et la liste de tous ses gouvernements de 60 à 90</a>, deboutcongolais.info</li></ul> <p>Gizenga Government </p> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930123044/http://digitalcongo.net/article/40867"><i>Publication de la liste des membres du gouvernement Gizenga 1</i></a>, digitalcongo.net</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.apanews.net/elect_article.php?id_article=20510">La composition du nouveau gouvernement de la RDC connue </a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged October 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></li></ul> <p>(Much of this page is translated from the <a class="external text" href="https://fr.wikipedia.org">French Wikipedia</a> version of this article) </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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