List of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo

This is a list of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo (Template:Langx) 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 affiliations

  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 (1963–1969)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	File:Alphonse Massamba-Debat.png	Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921–1977)	1963	16 August 1963	19 December 1963	Template:Age in years and days	MNR	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Himself (1963–1968)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:Pascal Lissouba 1992.jpg	Pascal Lissouba (1931–2020)	—	24 December 1963	15 April 1966	Template:Age in years and days	MNR	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Alphonse Massamba-Débat File:Alphonse Massamba-Debat.png (1963–1968)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:No image.png	Ambroise Noumazalaye (1933–2007)	—	6 May 1966	12 January 1968	Template:Age in years and days	MNR
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 4	File:Alfred R. Aoul2.png	Alfred Raoul (1930–1999)	—	4 August 1968	30 December 1969	Template:Age in years and days	Military
rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;"|								Himself (1968–1969)
rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;"|								Marien Ngouabi File:Marien Ngouabi, 1972 (cropped).jpg (1969–1977)
People's Republic of the Congo (1973–1992)
Post abolished (31 December 1969 – 28 July 1973)								rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Marien Ngouabi File:Marien Ngouabi, 1972 (cropped).jpg (1969–1977)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5	File:Henri Lopes.jpg	Henri Lopes (1937–2023)	—	28 July 1973	18 December 1975	Template:Age in years and days	PCT
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6	File:Louis Sylvain-Goma.png	Louis Sylvain Goma (born 1941)	1979	18 December 1975	7 August 1984	Template:Age in years and days	PCT
rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;"|								Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1977–1979)
rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color;"|								Denis Sassou Nguesso File:Denis Sassou Nguesso 1986 cropped.jpg (1979–1992)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7	File:No image.png	Ange Édouard Poungui (born 1942)	1984	7 August 1984	7 August 1989	Template:Age in years years	PCT
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 8	File:No image.png	Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (1941–2024)	1989	7 August 1989	3 December 1990	Template:Age in years and days	PCT
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|–	File:Pierre Moussa, President of the Commission of the CEMAC - 2014 (cropped).jpg	Pierre Moussa (born 1941)	—	3 December 1990	8 January 1991	Template:Age in years and days	PCT
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (6)	File:Louis Sylvain-Goma.png	Louis Sylvain Goma (born 1941)	—	8 January 1991	8 June 1991	Template:Age in years and days	PCT
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 9	File:Milongo3 Cropped.png	André Milongo (1935–2007)	—	8 June 1991	15 March 1992	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
Republic of the Congo (1992–present)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| (9)	File:Milongo3 Cropped.png	André Milongo (1935–2007)	1992	15 March 1992	2 September 1992	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Denis Sassou Nguesso File:Denis Sassou Nguesso 1986 cropped.jpg (1979–1992)
rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color;"|								Pascal Lissouba File:Visit of Pascal Lissouba, President of Congo, to the EC (cropped).jpg (1992–1997)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 10	File:No image.png	Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra (1937–2007)	—	2 September 1992	6 December 1992	Template:Age in years and days	UPADS
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 11	File:No image.png	Claude Antoine Dacosta (1932–2007)	1993	6 December 1992	23 June 1993	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
12	File:No image.png	Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939–2020)	—	23 June 1993	27 August 1996	Template:Age in years and days	RDD
13	File:No image.png	Charles David Ganao (1926–2012)	—	27 August 1996	8 September 1997	Template:Age in years and days	UFD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 14	File:No image.png	Bernard Kolélas (1933–2009)	—	8 September 1997	15 October 1997 (deposed)	Template:Age in years and days	MCDDI
Post abolished (15 October 1997 – 7 January 2005)								rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Denis Sassou Nguesso File:Denis Sassou Nguesso 2014.jpg (1997–present)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 15	File:Isidore Mvouba, October 2007.png	Isidore Mvouba (born 1954)	2007	7 January 2005	15 September 2009	Template:Age in years and days	PCT
Post abolished (15 September 2009 – 23 April 2016)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 16	File:Clément Mouamba - 2017 (cropped).jpg	Clément Mouamba (1943–2021)	2017	23 April 2016	12 May 2021	Template:Age in years and days	PCT
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 17	File:Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso (cropped).jpg	Anatole Collinet Makosso (born 1965)	2022	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	PCT

Timeline

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See also

• Politics of the Republic of the Congo
• List of presidents of the Republic of the Congo
• Vice President of the Republic of the Congo

External links

• World Statesmen (Congo-Brazzaville)