12 Sep 1876 Colonization by Belgium
22 Apr 1884 International Association of the Congo
01 Jul 1885 - 15 Nov 1908 Congo Free State to King Leopold II of Belgium
15 Nov 1908 Annexed by Belgium
15 Nov 1908 - 30 Jun 1960 Belgian Congo
01 Jul 1960 - 30 Jun 1966 Republic of Congo
07 Sep 1964 - Dec 1965 People's Republic of Congo proclaimed in Stanleyville
01 Jul 1966 Democratic Republic of Congo
27 Oct 1971 - 17 May 1997 Republic of Zaïre
17 May 1997 - Democratic Republic of Congo
Presidents
01 Jul 1960 - 25 Nov 1965 Joseph Kasavubu ............................. 1910-1969
17 May 1997 - 16 Jan 2001 Laurent Désiré Kabila ....................... 1939-2001
(Head of State)
16 Jan 2001 - 24 Jan 2019 Joseph Kabila Kabange ....................... 1971-
24 Jan 2019 - Félix Antonio Tshisekedi Tshilombo .......... 1963-
Prime Ministers
24 Jun - 05 Sep 1960 Patrice Emery Lumumba ....................... 1925-1961
05 Sep - 20 Sep 1960 Joseph Iléo (1st Time) ...................... 1921-1994
20 Sep - 03 Oct 1960 Albert Ndele
03 Oct 1960 - 09 Feb 1961 Justin Marie Bomboko
09 Feb - 02 Aug 1961 Joseph Iléo (2nd Time)
02 Aug 1961 - 30 Jun 1964 Cyrille Adoula .............................. 1921-1978
10 Jul 1964 - 13 Oct 1965 Moïse Kapenda Tshombé ....................... 1919-1969
18 Oct - 14 Nov 1965 Évariste Kimba .............................. 1926-1966
16 May 1997 - 30 Dec 2006 Post Abolished
30 Dec 2006 - 10 Oct 2008 Antoine Gizenga
10 Oct 2008 - 06 Mar 2012 Adolphe Muzito .............................. 1957-
06 Mar - 18 Apr 2012 Louis Koyagialo ............................. 1947-2014
18 Apr 2012 - 20 Dec 2016 Augustine Matata Ponyo Mapon ................ 1964-
20 Dec 2016 - 18 May 2017 Samy Badibanga Ntita ........................ 1962-
18 May 2017 - 07 Sep 2019 Bruno Tshibala Nzenze ....................... 1956-
07 Sep 2019 - 26 Apr 2021 Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba .................. 1947-
26 Apr 2021 - Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge ............. 1977-
Force Commanders of the U.N Mission in Congo (ONUC)
May 1961 - 31 Jan 1962 Sture Linner (Sweden)
01 Feb 1962 - May 1963 Robert K.A Gardiner (Ghana)
01 May 1963 - Apr 1964 Max H. Dorsinville (Haiti)
Apr - Jun 1964 Bibiano Fernández Osorio-Tafail (Mexico)
Force Commanders of the U.N Mission in D.R Congo (MONUC)
01 Mar 2000 - 31 Dec 2003 Mountaga Dialla (Senegal)
01 Jan 2004 - 28 Feb 2005 Samaila Iliya (Nigeria)
04 Apr 2005 - 09 Jul 2010 Babacar Gaye (Senegal)
09 Jul 2010 - 31 Mar 2013 Chander Prakesh Wadhwa (India)
31 Mar 2013 - 02 Dec 2015 Carlos Alberto des Santos Cruz (Brazil)
02 Dec 2015 - 31 Jan 2018 Derrick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi (South Africa)
31 Jan - 14 May 2018 Bernard Commins (France)
(acting)
14 May 2018 - 31 Oct 2019 Elias Rodriguez Martins Filho (Brazil)
31 Oct 2019 - 28 Jan 2020 Thierry Lion (1st Time) (France)
28 Jan 2020 - 02 Apr 2021 Ricardo Augusto Ferreira Costa Neves (Brazil)
02 Apr - 28 May 2021 Thierry Lion (2nd Time) (France)
28 May 2021 - 28 Feb 2023 Marcos de Sa Affonso da Costa (Brazil)
28 Feb 2023 - Octavio Rodrigues de Miranda Filho (Brazil)
25 Nov 1965 Mobutu coup
01 Jul 1966 Democratic Republic of Congo
27 Oct 1971 Renamed Republic of Zaïre
17 May 1997 Mobutu ousted
President
25 Nov 1965 - 16 May 1997 Joseph Désiré Mobutu ........................ 1930-1997
(Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga from 1972)
Prime Minister
25 Nov 1965 - 26 Oct 1966 Léonard Mulumba ............................. 1928-1986
First state commissioners
06 Jul 1977 - 06 Mar 1979 Mpinga Kasenga .............................. 1937-1994
06 Mar 1979 - 27 Aug 1980 Bo-Bolika Lokonga Monso Mihambo ............. 1934-2018
27 Aug 1980 - 23 Apr 1981 Jean Nguza Carl-I-Bond (1st Time) ........... 1930-2003
23 Apr 1981 - 05 Nov 1982 N'singa Udjuu Ongwabeki Untubu .............. 1934-2021
05 Nov 1982 - 31 Oct 1986 Kengo Wa Dondo (1st Time)
22 Jan 1987 - 07 Mar 1988 Mabi Mulumba
07 Mar - 26 Nov 1988 Sambwa Pida Nbagui .......................... 1940-1998
26 Nov 1988 - 04 May 1990 Kengo Wa Dondo (2nd Time)
04 May 1990 - 01 Apr 1991 Lunda Bululu
01 Apr - 29 Sep 1991 Mulumba Lukoji .............................. 1943-1997
29 Sep - 01 Nov 1991 Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba (1st Time)
01 Nov - 25 Nov 1991 Bernardin Mungul Diaka ...................... 1933-1999
25 Nov 1991 - 15 Aug 1992 Jean Nguza Carl-I-Bond (2nd Time)
15 Aug 1992 - 18 Mar 1993 Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba (2nd Time)
18 Mar 1993 - 14 Jan 1994 Faustin Birindwa ............................ 1943-1999
06 Jul 1994 - 02 Apr 1997 Kengo Wa Dondo (3rd Time)
02 Apr - 09 Apr 1997 Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba (3rd Time)
09 Apr - 16 May 1997 Likulia Bolongo
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