List of heads of government of the Republic of the Congo

Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
Former political post
Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo
Predecessor
Successor	None
First officeholder	Alphonse Massemba-Débat
Last officeholder	Isidore Mvouba
Appointer	President of the Republic of the Congo
Political office started	16 August 1963
Political office ended	15 September 2009

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List of Heads of Government of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of the Congo	Autonomous
(République du Congo)
15 May 1957 to 26 July 1958		Jacques Opangault, Vice President of the Government Council
26 July 1958 to 8 December 1958		Jacques Opangault, President of the Council of Government
8 December 1958 to 21 November 1959		Fulbert Youlou, Prime Minister	UDDIA
21 November 1959 to 15 August 1960	Post abolished
Republic of the Congo	Independence from France
(République du Congo)
15 August 1960 to 16 August 1963	Post abolished
16 August 1963 to 19 December 1963		Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Prime Minister	MNR
24 December 1963 to 15 April 1966		Pascal Lissouba, Prime Minister	MNR
6 May 1966 to 12 January 1968		Ambroise Noumazalaye, Prime Minister	MNR
4 August 1968 to 30 December 1969		Alfred Raoul, Prime Minister	Mil
30 December 1969 to 3 January 1970	Post abolished
People's Republic of the Congo
(République populaire du Congo)
3 January 1970 to 28 July 1973	Post abolished
28 July 1973 to 18 December 1975		Henri Lopès, Prime Minister	PCT
18 December 1975 to 7 August 1984		Louis Sylvain Goma, Prime Minister	PCT	1st Term
7 August 1984 to 7 August 1989		Ange Édouard Poungui, Prime Minister	PCT
7 August 1989 to 3 December 1990		Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty, Prime Minister	PCT
3 December 1990 to 8 January 1991		Pierre Moussa, acting Prime Minister	PCT
8 January 1991 to 8 June 1991		Louis Sylvain Goma, Prime Minister	PCT	2nd Term
8 June 1991 to 15 March 1992		André Milongo, Prime Minister	n-p
Republic of the Congo
(République du Congo)
15 March 1992 to 2 September 1992		André Milongo, Prime Minister	n-p
2 September 1992 to 6 December 1992		Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra, Prime Minister	UPADS
6 December 1992 to 23 June 1993		Claude Antoine Dacosta, Prime Minister	n-p
23 June 1993 to 27 August 1996		General Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Prime Minister	RDD
27 August 1996 to 8 September 1997		Charles David Ganao, Prime Minister	UFD
8 September 1997 to 15 October 1997		Bernard Kolélas, Prime Minister	MCDDI	Deposed in the Republic of the Congo Civil War
15 October 1997 to 7 January 2005	Post abolished
7 January 2005 to 15 September 2009		Isidore Mvouba, Prime Minister	PCT
15 September 2009 to Present	Post abolished

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 1979-1991
RDD	Rasemblement pour le Démocratie et le Développment         (Rally for Democracy and Development)
UFD	Union des Forces Démocratiques         (Union of Democratic Forces)
UPADS	Union panafricaine pour la démocratie sociale         (Pan-African Union for Social Democracy, 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

See also

• Congo
• Republic of the Congo
  • List of heads of state of the Republic of the Congo
• Lists of office-holders

External links

• World Statesmen (Congo-Brazzaville)