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Ilunga Ilunkamba Sylvestre live
Head of government - People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy
In office since
7 September 2019
Party
People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy
Head of state
Félix Tshisekedi
Region
Africa
Next election
-
Government
republic
Capital
Kinshasa
Population
105 789 731
Country facts
Legislature
Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Established
1960
Currency
Congolese franc
Official language
French
Capital
Kinshasa
Region
Africa
Area
2,344,858 km2
Election history
23 December 2018presidential
Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election
won: Félix Tshisekedi
28 November 2011presidential
Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election
won: Joseph Kabila
28 November 2011parliamentary
Democratic Republic of the Congo legislative election
turnout 59.1%
Presidential winner & turnout from Wikidata; parliamentary winners omitted (Wikidata data unreliable).
Power transferspeacefulcontestedirregular
2019 - Bruno Tshibala Ilunga Ilunkamba Sylvestre
peaceful - no coup recorded
Classification: Powell & Thyne Coup d'Etat Dataset, where available.
Profile from Wikidata - updated 2026-06-16.