This is a list of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly the Republic of the Congo and Zaire) since the country's independence in 1960.

The current president is Félix Tshisekedi, since 24 January 2019.

List of officeholders

;Political parties

;Other affiliations

;Symbols

Elected unopposed

;Status

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! rowspan=2| Portrait

! rowspan=2| Name<br />

! rowspan=2| Elected

! colspan=3| Term of office

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! Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

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! colspan="10" | Republic of the Congo (1960–1971)

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| 1

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| Joseph Kasa-Vubu<br />

| 1960

| 1 July 1960

| 24 November 1965<br />

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| ABAKO

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| rowspan=2| 2

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| rowspan=2| Joseph-Désiré Mobutu<br />

| —

| rowspan=2| 24 November 1965

| rowspan=2| 27 October 1971

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| Military<br />

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| MPR

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! colspan="10" | Republic of Zaire (1971–1997)

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| (2)

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| Mobutu Sese Seko<br />

| <br />

| 27 October 1971

| 16 May 1997<br />

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| MPR

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! colspan="10" | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–present)

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| 3

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| Laurent-Désiré Kabila<br />

| —

| 17 May 1997

| 16 January 2001<br />

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| Independent <hr> AFDL

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| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| —

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| rowspan=2| Joseph Kabila<br />

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| —

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 17 January 2001

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 26 January 2001

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| Independent<br />

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| 4

| 2006<br />2011

| 17 January 2001

| 24 January 2019

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| PPRD

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| 5

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| Félix Tshisekedi<br />

| 2018<br />2023

| 24 January 2019

| Incumbent

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| UDPS

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Timeline

Rank by time in office

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! Rank

! President

! Time in office

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| 1

| Mobutu Sese Seko

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| 2

| Joseph Kabila

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| 3

| Félix Tshisekedi

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| 4

| Joseph Kasa-Vubu

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| 5

| Laurent-Désiré Kabila

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See also

  • Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • List of prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo

Notes

References

  • Official website of the President of the DRC
  • World Statesmen – Congo (Kinshasa)