List of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo

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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.

Prime Minister of the
Republic of the Congo
Incumbent
Anatole Collinet Makosso

since 12 May 2021
AppointerDenis Sassou Nguesso,
as President of the Republic of the Congo
Inaugural holderAlphonse Massamba-Débat
Formation16 August 1963

A total of sixteen people have been the Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (not counting one acting prime minister).

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Other factions
Status
  •   Denotes Acting Prime Minister

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No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical affiliationPresident(s)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Republic of the Congo
1 Alphonse Massamba-Débat
(1921–1977)
16 August 196319 December 1963125 daysMNRHimself
2 Pascal Lissouba
(1931–2020)
24 December 196315 April 19662 years, 112 daysMNRMassamba-Débat
3 Ambroise Noumazalaye
(1933–2007)
6 May 196612 January 19681 year, 251 daysMNRMassamba-Débat
4 Alfred Raoul
(1930–1999)
4 August 196830 December 19691 year, 148 daysMilitaryMassamba-Débat
Himself
Post abolished (30 December 1969 – 3 January 1970)
People's Republic of the Congo
Post abolished (3 January 1970 – 28 July 1973)
5 Henri Lopes
(1937–2023)
28 July 197318 December 19752 years, 143 daysPCTNgouabi
6 Louis Sylvain Goma
(1941–)
18 December 19757 August 19848 years, 233 daysPCTNgouabi
Yhombi-Opango
Sassou Nguesso
7 Ange Édouard Poungui
(1942–)
7 August 19847 August 19895 years, 0 daysPCTSassou Nguesso
8 Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty
(1941–)
7 August 19893 December 19901 year, 118 daysPCTSassou Nguesso
Pierre Moussa
(1941–)
3 December 19908 January 199136 daysPCTSassou Nguesso
(6) Louis Sylvain Goma
(1941–)
8 January 19918 June 1991151 daysPCTSassou Nguesso
9 André Milongo
(1935–2007)
8 June 199115 March 1992281 daysIndependentSassou Nguesso
Republic of the Congo
(9) André Milongo
(1935–2007)
15 March 19922 September 1992171 daysIndependentSassou Nguesso
Lissouba
10 Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra
(1937–2007)
2 September 19926 December 199295 daysUPADSLissouba
11 Claude Antoine Dacosta
(1931–2007)
6 December 199223 June 1993199 daysIndependentLissouba
12Joachim Yhombi-Opango
(1939–2020)
23 June 199327 August 19963 years, 65 daysRDDLissouba
13 Charles David Ganao
(1927–2012)
27 August 19968 September 19971 year, 12 daysUFDLissouba
14 Bernard Kolélas
(1933–2009)
8 September 199715 October 1997
(deposed.)
37 daysMCDDILissouba
Post abolished (15 October 1997 – 7 January 2005)
15 Isidore Mvouba
(1954–)
7 January 200515 September 20094 years, 251 daysPCTSassou Nguesso
Post abolished (15 September 2009 – 23 April 2016)
16 Clément Mouamba
(1943–2021)
23 April 201612 May 20218 years, 28 daysPCTSassou Nguesso
17 Anatole Collinet Makosso
(1965–)
12 May 2021Present3 years, 9 daysPCTSassou Nguesso

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