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    Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 20 March 2016. It was the first election to be held under the new constitution that had...
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    General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 30 December 2018, to determine a successor to President Joseph Kabila, as well...
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    Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 21 March 2021. Incumbent president Denis Sassou Nguesso was re-elected with 88% of the...
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    The Republic of the Congo elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected by the people. The...
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    presidential election 2016 Republic of the Congo presidential election 2021 Republic of the Congo presidential election Government of the Republic of the Congo Head...
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    Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 12 July 2009. Long-time President Denis Sassou Nguesso won another seven-year term with...
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    The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land area the...
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    of the Republic of the Congo takes place in a framework of a unitary semi-presidential republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime...
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    Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 10 March 2002. They followed the country's second civil war (1997-1999), which returned...
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    Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo in August 1992, marking the end of the transitional period that began with the February–June...
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    General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 December 2023. Combined elections were held for the President, 484 of the 500 members...
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  • Thumbnail for 1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election
    Presidential elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 1 November 1970. The only candidate was Joseph Mobutu, who had taken power...
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    The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Président de la République démocratique du Congo, Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia...
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    Politics of the Democratic Republic of Congo take place in the framework of a republic in transition from a civil war to a semi-presidential republic. On 18...
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    General elections were held in Democratic Republic of the Congo on 28 November 2011; a facultative run-off on 26 February 2012 was shelved with a change...
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    is a list of presidents of the Republic of the Congo since the formation of the post of president in 1960, to the present day. A total of six people...
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    Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It...
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    The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located on the western...
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  • Thumbnail for 1963 Republic of the Congo presidential election
    Indirect presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 19 December 1963 after President Fulbert Youlou had been overthrown in the Trois...
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  • The Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (French: Mouvement de Libération du Congo, or MLC) is a political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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    Léopoldville until 30 June 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-growing megacities...
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  • The cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are administrative divisions of provinces with the exception of Kinshasa which itself has the status...
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    Direct elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo occur for the Presidency, National Assembly (lower house of the legislature), and provincial...
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  • The earliest known human settlements in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been dated back to the Middle Stone Age, approximately 90...
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    took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Targeting President Félix Tshisekedi and his Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe, the assailants attacked...
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  • The history of the Republic of the Congo has been marked by diverse civilisations: Indigenous, French and post-independence. The earliest inhabitants of...
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    Presidential elections were held in Russia from 15 to 17 March 2024. It was the eighth presidential election in the country. The incumbent president Vladimir...
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    divides the executive and the legislature. Advocates of presidential systems cite the democratic nature of presidential elections, the advantages of separation...
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    The Senate (Sénat) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of the Republic of Congo (Parlement). It has 72 members (six for each of the 12 regions)...
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    semi-presidential republic, or dual executive republic, is a republic in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter...
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