The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second institution in the central executive branch of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

, the first institution being the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

President

A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

, who has the title of head of state

Head of State

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Description

Under the constitution of the Third Republic

Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the basic law governing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Constitution has been changed and/or replaced several times since its independence in 1960.- Current Constitution :...

, the government is composed of a cabinet of ministers, deputy-ministers (vice-ministers), and occasionally state-ministers (which is a senior personal honorific title). The number of these ministers vary from one government to the next.

The cabinet is headed by the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , is Congo's Head of Government.-History:The current Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Adolphe Muzito...

, also known as the head of government

Head of government

Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...

, appointed by the President, from the political party, the group or the coalition that holds the majority of seats in the National Assembly

National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Composition of the National Assembly...

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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the cabinet is more commonly simply referred to as The Government.

The government is the effective executive arm of the state, in charge of all the country's central administration, in all the domains reserved to the central government by the constitution, and in all the domains in which the central government has concurrent jurisdiction with the provinces.

The government is accountable to the Parliament

Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo consists of two chambers:*The Senate *The National Assembly -External links:*...

. Any individual member of the government, as well the entire government, can be censored by its lower-chamber, the National Assembly

National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Composition of the National Assembly...

, through the vote of a motion of censure, or a motion of no-confidence. When the Prime minister is censored, the entire government resigns.

Current government

The current government is referred to as the Muzito cabinet

Adolphe Muzito cabinet

The Adolphe Muzito cabinet consists of the Ministers of State, Ministers and Vice-Ministers that form the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo under Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, who took office on 10 October 2008.-First Cabinet:...

, or the Muzito government, under the leadership of Prime minister Adolphe Muzito

Adolphe Muzito

Adolphe Muzito is a Congolese politician who has been the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2008. Muzito, a member of the Unified Lumumbist Party , was previously Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga from 2007 to 2008.Muzito, who is from Gungu,...

. The Muzito's coalition cabinet was appointed shortly after the resignation of former Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga on account of age and ill health. It is the second government of the Third Republic, and it is composed of 60 members, including 9 women.

See also

• Heads of Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , is Congo's Head of Government.-History:The current Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Adolphe Muzito...
  
  
• Antoine Gizenga cabinet
  Antoine Gizenga cabinet
  The Anotoine Gizenga cabinet consisted of the Ministers of State, Ministers and Deputy Ministers appointed by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gizenga was Prime Minister from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2008....
  
  

External links

Official sites The President of the Republic Ministers and Deputy-ministers - At the site of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of the Environment Ministy of Public Health Ministère of Finance Ministry of mining
Other sites Governments on the Congo (Democratic Republic) Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Composition du gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo, Ministre des Affaires étrangères, France Description du noyau du mobutisme et la liste de tous ses gouvernements de 60 à 90, deboutcongolais.info
Gizenga Government Publication de la liste des membres du gouvernement Gizenga 1, digitalcongo.net La composition du nouveau gouvernement de la RDC connue

(Much of this page is translated from the French Wikipedia version of this article)