Jump to content

Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Coordinates: 4°19′56″S 15°18′11″E / 4.3322°S 15.3031°E / -4.3322; 15.3031
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Parlement de la République démocratique du Congo
Type
Type
HousesNational Assembly
Senate
Leadership
Modeste Bahati Lukwebo
since 5 March 2021
Christophe Pwanga
since 3 February 2021
Seats608 members (500 and 108)
Elections
single-member constituency and party list proportional representation (most open type)
indirectly elected
Meeting place
Palais du Peuple (Kinshasa)
Website
www.assemblee-nationale.cd
www.senat.cd

4°19′56″S 15°18′11″E / 4.3322°S 15.3031°E / -4.3322; 15.3031

The Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Parlement de la République Démocratique du Congo) is the legislative branch of the Congolese government. It consists of two chambers:

The most recent Parliament was inaugurated on January 28, 2019.[1][2][3]

History

[edit]

By 28 May 2021, 32 members of the DRC parliament, 5% of the total, had died due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "After Election Upheaval, DRC Inaugurates New Parliament | Voice of America - English". 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "After election upheaval, DR Congo inaugurates new parliament". 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "After election upheaval, DR Congo inaugurates new Parliament".
  4. ^ "COVID-19 kills 32 members of Congo's parliament". Reuters. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-09-20. - The article disambiguates which Congo it is: "Thirty-two members of parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo,[...]"
[edit]