List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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This is the list of the Heads of State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) since independence in 1960. The current head of state is President Joseph Kabila, since 26 January 2001.

Heads of State

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of the Congo
(République du Congo)
1 July 1960 to 1 August 1964		Joseph Kasavubu, President‎	ABAKO
31 March 1961 to 5 August 1961		Antoine Gizenga, Head of State	MNC (L)	Rebel government at Stanleyville
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(République Democratique du Congo)
1 August 1964 to 24 November 1965		Joseph Kasavubu, President‎	ABAKO	Deposed
24 November 1965 to 27 October 1971		Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, President‎	Mil/MPR
Republic of Zaire
(République du Zaire)
27 October 1971 to 10 January 1972		Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, President‎	MPR	Changed name to Mobutu Sese Seko
10 January 1972 to 16 May 1997		Mobutu Sese Seko, President‎		Deposed at the end of the First Congo War
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(République Democratique du Congo)
16 May 1997 to 29 May 1997		Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Acting Head of State‎	ADFL
29 May 1997 to 16 January 2001		Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President		Assassinated
17 January 2001 to 26 January 2001		Joseph Kabila, Interim President	ADFL
26 January 2001 to Present		Joseph Kabila, President	ADFL/PPRD

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Affiliations

• ABAKO - Alliance of the Bakongo
• MNC (L) - Congolese National Movement (Lumumba)
• MPR - Popular Movement of the Revolution
• ADFL - Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo
• PPRD - People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy
• Mil - Military

Rank by time in office

Rank	President	Time in office
1	Mobutu Sese Seko	&1000000000000003100000031 years, &10000000000000173000000173 days
2	Joseph Kabila (Incumbent)	&1000000000000001100000011 years, &1000000000000004100000041 days
3	Joseph Kasa-Vubu	&100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000146000000146 days
4	Laurent-Désiré Kabila	&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000245000000245 days

See also

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • List of heads of government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • List of colonial heads of Congo
    • Rulers of Katanga
    • Rulers of Kuba
    • Rulers of Luba
    • Rulers of Ruund (Luunda)
    • Rulers of Kasongo Luunda (Yaka)
    • Rulers of Kongo
• Zaire