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Prime Minister of the
Republic of the Congo
Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo.svg
Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo
Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Anatole Collinet Makosso

since 12 May 2021
Appointer Denis Sassou Nguesso,
as President of the Republic of the Congo
Inaugural holder Alphonse Massamba-Débat
Formation 16 August 1963


This is a list of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo since the formation of the post of prime minister in 1963, to the present day.

A total of seventeen people have served as Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (not counting one acting prime minister). Additionally, one person, Louis Sylvain Goma, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.

The incumbent prime minister is Anatole Collinet Makosso, since 12 May 2021.

List of officeholders

Political parties

     National Movement of the Revolution (MNR)      Congolese Party of Labour (PCT)      Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS)      Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD)      Union of Democratic Forces (UFD)      Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI)

Other factions

     Military      Independent

Status

     Denotes Acting Prime Minister

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party President(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
Republic of the Congo
1 Alphonse Massamba-Debat.png Alphonse Massamba-Débat
(1921–1977)
1963 16 August 1963 19 December 1963 125 days MNR Himself
(1963–1968)
2 Pascal Lissouba 1992.jpg Pascal Lissouba
(1931–2020)
24 December 1963 15 April 1966 2 years, 112 days MNR Alphonse Massamba-Débat
Alphonse Massamba-Debat.png
(1963–1968)
3 No image.png Ambroise Noumazalaye
(1933–2007)
6 May 1966 12 January 1968 1 year, 251 days MNR
4 Alfred R. Aoul2.png Alfred Raoul
(1930–1999)
4 August 1968 30 December 1969 1 year, 148 days Military
Himself
(1968–1969)
Marien Ngouabi
Marien Ngouabi, 1972 (cropped).jpg
(1969–1977)
People's Republic of the Congo
Post abolished (31 December 1969 – 28 July 1973) Marien Ngouabi
Marien Ngouabi, 1972 (cropped).jpg
(1969–1977)
5 Henri Lopes.jpg Henri Lopes
(1937–2023)
28 July 1973 18 December 1975 2 years, 143 days PCT
6 Louis Sylvain-Goma.png Louis Sylvain Goma
(born 1941)
1979 18 December 1975 7 August 1984 8 years, 233 days PCT
Joachim Yhombi-Opango
(1977–1979)
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso 1986 cropped.jpg
(1979–1992)
7 No image.png Ange Édouard Poungui
(born 1942)
1984 7 August 1984 7 August 1989 5 years PCT
8 No image.png Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty
(born 1941)
1989 7 August 1989 3 December 1990 1 year, 118 days PCT
Pierre Moussa pour Madingou (cropped).jpg Pierre Moussa
(born 1941)
3 December 1990 8 January 1991 36 days PCT
(6) Louis Sylvain-Goma.png Louis Sylvain Goma
(born 1941)
8 January 1991 8 June 1991 151 days PCT
9 Milongo3 Cropped.png André Milongo
(1935–2007)
8 June 1991 15 March 1992 281 days Independent
Republic of the Congo
(9) Milongo3 Cropped.png André Milongo
(1935–2007)
1992 15 March 1992 2 September 1992 171 days Independent Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso 1986 cropped.jpg
(1979–1992)
Pascal Lissouba
Pascal Lissouba 1992.jpg
(1992–1997)
10 No image.png Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra
(1937–2007)
2 September 1992 6 December 1992 95 days UPADS
11 No image.png Claude Antoine Dacosta
(1932–2007)
1993 6 December 1992 23 June 1993 199 days Independent
12 No image.png Joachim Yhombi-Opango
(1939–2020)
23 June 1993 27 August 1996 3 years, 65 days RDD
13 No image.png Charles David Ganao
(1926–2012)
27 August 1996 8 September 1997 1 year, 12 days UFD
14 No image.png Bernard Kolélas
(1933–2009)
8 September 1997 15 October 1997
(deposed)
37 days MCDDI
Post abolished (15 October 1997 – 7 January 2005) Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso 2014.jpg
(1997–present)
15 Isidore Mvouba, October 2007.png Isidore Mvouba
(born 1954)
2007 7 January 2005 15 September 2009 4 years, 251 days PCT
Post abolished (15 September 2009 – 23 April 2016)
16 Clément Mouamba - 2017 (cropped).jpg Clément Mouamba
(1943–2021)
2017 23 April 2016 12 May 2021 5 years, 20 days PCT
17 Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso (cropped).jpg Anatole Collinet Makosso
(born 1965)
2022 12 May 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 176 days PCT

Timeline

Anatole Collinet Makosso Clément Mouamba Isidore Mvouba Bernard Kolélas Charles David Ganao Joachim Yhombi-Opango Claude Antoine Dacosta Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra André Milongo Pierre Moussa Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty Ange Édouard Poungui Louis Sylvain Goma Henri Lopes Alfred Raoul Ambroise Noumazalaye Pascal Lissouba Alphonse Massamba-Débat

See also

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