Heads of state of the Republic of the Congo

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1 Latest election
2 List of Heads of State of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
3 Affiliations:-
4 See also

[edit] Latest election

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**Summary of the 10 March 2002 Congolese presidential election results**
Candidates - Parties	Votes	%
Denis Sassou-Nguesso - Congolese Labour Party (Parti Congolais du Travail)/United Democratic Forces (Forces Démocratiques Unies)	89.4
Kignomba Kia Mbougou - Pan-African Union for Social-Democracy (Union Panafricaine pour la Démocratie Sociale)	2.8
Angèle Bandou - Party of the Poor (Parti des Pauvres)	2.3
Jean Félix Demba Telo	1.7
Luc Adamo Mateta - Convention for Democracy and Salvation (Convention pour la Démocratie et le Salut)	1.6
Come Mankasse - Congolese Union of Republicans (Union Congolais des Républicains)	1.3
Bonaventure Mizidy - Republican and Liberal Party (Parti Républicain et Liberal)	1.0
Total (turnout 74.7 %)		100.0
Source: CNN

[edit] List of Heads of State of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of the Congo
15 August 1960 to 15 August 1963	Abbé Fulbert Youlou, President	UDDIA	Continued to use title 'Abbot' despite being suspended by the church on entering politics. Deposed in a coup d'etat
15 August 1963 to 16 August 1963	David Moussaka, and	Mil
15 August 1963 to 16 August 1963	Félix Mouzabakani, Officers in charge of the Provisional Government	Mil
16 August 1963	Presidency suspended
16 August 1963 to 19 December 1963	Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution	MNR
19 December 1963 to 2 August 1968	Alphonse Massemba-Débat, President	MNR	Deposed
3 August 1968 to 4 August 1968	Augustin Poignet, acting President		For Massemba-Débat
4 August 1968 to 4 September 1968	Alphonse Massemba-Débat, President	MNR	Restored; executed March 1977
4 September 1968 to 5 September 1968	Marien Ngouabi, Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution	Mil	1st Term
5 September 1968 to 1 January 1969	Major Alfred Raoul, acting Head of State	Mil
1 January 1969 to January 3 1970	Major Marien Ngouabi, Head of State	Mil/PCT
People’s Republic of the Congo (République populair du Congo)
3 January 1970 to 18 March 1977	Major Marien Ngouabi, Head of State	Mil/PCT	A 'new state' deemed to have created from 3 Jan 1970; Assassinated
18 March 1977	Presidency suspended
18 March 1977 to 3 April 1977	Military Committee of the Congolese Labour Party:-
	Colonel Jacques Yhombi-Opango	Mil/PCT
	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	Mil/PCT
	Louis Sylvain Goma	Mil/PCT
	Jean-Michel Ebaka	Mil/PCT
	Raymond Damase Ngollo	Mil/PCT
	Martin Mbia	Mil/PCT
	Pascal Bima	Mil/PCT
	Nicolas Okongo	Mil/PCT
	François Xavier Katali	Mil/PCT
	Florent Tsiba	Mil/PCT
	Pierre Anga	Mil/PCT
3 April 1977 to 5 February 1979	Colonel Jacques Yhombi-Opango, Head of State	Mil/PCT
5 February 1979 to 8 February 1979	Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya, Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Congolese Labour Party	PCT
8 February 1979 to 14 August 1979	Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Head of State	PCT
14 August 1979 to 31 August 1992	Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President	PCT
Republic of the Congo (République du Congo)
31 August 1992 to 15 October 1997	Pascal Lissouba, President	UPADS
25 October 1997 to present	Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President	PCT	Re-elected March 2002

[edit] Affiliations:-


ADD	Avant pour la Défense de la Démocratie (Front for the Defense of Democracy)
MCDDI	Mouvement Congolais pour la Démocratie et la Développement Integral (Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development) conservative
PCT	Parti Congolais du Travail (Congolese Labour Party) extreme left, only legal party 1979-10 Jun 1991
RDD	Rasemblement pour le Démocratie et le Développment (Rally for Democracy and Development)
UFD	Union des Forces Démocratiques (Union of Democratic Forces)
UPADS	Union pour le développement et progrès social (Union for Development and Social Progres, social-democratic)
MNR	National Révolutionnaire Mouvement (National Revolutionary Movement) only legal party 1966-1968
UDDIA	Union Démocratique pour la Défense d'Intérêts Africains (Democratic Union for the Defence of African Interests)
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan
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