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Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of the > Government

CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Administrative divisions
10 provinces (provinces, singular - province) and 1 city* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu
note: according to the Constitution adopted in December 2005, the current administrative divisions will be subdivided into 26 new provinces by 2009
Capital city > Geographic coordinates 4 19 S, 15 18 E Time series
Definition: Government > Capital city > Geographic coordinates
Constitution 18 February 2006 Time series
Definition: Government > Constitution
Corruption 2.1 [145th of 160]
Definition: Government > Corruption
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address Unit 31550, APO AE 09828 Time series
Definition: Government > Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address
Executive branch > Cabinet
Ministers of State appointed by the president
Definition: Government > Executive branch > Cabinet
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Joseph KABILA (since 17 January 2001); note - following the assassination of his father, Joseph KABILA succeeded to the presidency which he retained through the 2003-06 transition; he was subsequently elected president in October 2006
Definition: Government > Executive branch > Chief of state
Flag description
sky blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes; a yellow, five-pointed star appears in the upper hoist corner
Definition: Government > Flag description
Government type republic Time series
Definition: Government > Government type
Independence
30 June 1960 (from Belgium)
Definition: Government > Independence
Judicial branch
Constitutional Court; Appeals Court or Cour de Cassation; Council of State; High Military Court; plus civil and military courts and tribunals
Definition: Government > Judicial branch
Legal system
a new constitution was adopted by referendum 18 December 2005; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Definition: Government > Legal system
Legislative branch
bicameral legislature consists of a National Assembly (500 seats; 61 members elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies, 439 members elected by open list proportional-representation in multi-member constituencies; to serve five-year terms) and a Senate (108 seats; members elected by provincial assemblies to serve five-year terms)
Definition: Government > Legislative branch
Parliamentary seats > Female 12% [51st of 143]
Definition: Government > Parliamentary seats > Female
Political parties and leaders
Christian Democrat Party or PDC [Jose ENDUNDO]; Congolese Rally for Democracy or RCD [Azarias RUBERWA]; Convention of Christian Democrats or CDC; Forces of Renewal or FR [Mbusa NYAMWISI]; Movement for the Liberation of the Congo or MLC [Jean-Pierre BEMBA]; People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy or PPRD [Joseph KABILA]; Social Movement for Renewal or MSR [Pierre LUMBI]; Unified Lumumbist Party or PALU [Antoine GIZENGA]; Union for Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Etienne TSHISEKEDI]; Union of Mobutuist Democrats or UDEMO [MOBUTU Nzanga]
Definition: Government > Political parties and leaders
Status transition
Definition: Government > Status
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Definition: Government > Suffrage
Time required to start a business > days 155 days Time series [5th of 171]
Definition: Government > Time required to start a business > days
Trademarks, residents 312 Time series [70th of 98]
Definition: Government > Trademarks, residents
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lords Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DROC dispute Rukwanzi island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda river claimed by Zambia near the DROC village of Pweto
Definition: Government > Transnational Issues > Disputes > International

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SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; electionworld.org; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo, congo (drc), congo (kinshasa), congo dr, congo-kinshasa, dem. rep. of the congo, zaire, Congo, Democratic Republic, Congo, Dem. Republic, Congo (Kinsasha), Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dem Rep. of the Congo, DRC Congo, DR Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep.

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COMMENTARY     

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14th September 2005 		THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO IS NOT DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO BUT JOSEPH KABILA.
Ian Graham
Staff Editor
11th April 2005 		Whether the Congo is a dictatorship or not depends on your view of the most recent elections.

According to the CIA World Factbook, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s current president - Denis Sassou-Nguesso - was elected with 89.4 percent of the popular vote on March 10, 2002.

The country has 66 senators and 137 members of the National Assembly. The most recent Senate elections, on July 11, 2002, saw Democratic and Patriotic Forces or FDP party candidates win 56 of the seats. The FDP also has 83 of the seats in the National Assembly. The president of the FDP is also Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

If you believe the elections were free and fair, the Congo is a country in which most of the population feel the FDP is the best of the political parties. If you don’t believe the elections were fair, you may see it is a dictatorship backed up by sham elections.

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