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Dr Congo*

H.E. Corneille NangaaYobeluo,
President, CENI

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
République Démocratique du Congo
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Semi Presidential Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Sénat (Senate)
President Felix Tshisekedi
Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly)
4. Head of government Designation
Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
5. Capital National Assembly: 500 seats elected from multi-
Kinshasa member plurality constituencies

6. Currency Senate: 104 seats elected by the Provincial As-
Congolese Franc (CDF) semblies by proportional representation; eight
from Kinshasa and four from each of the other 24
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) provinces
more than 200 African ethnic groups of which the
majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, 4. Popular House
Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande Assemblée Nationale
(Hamitic) - make up about 45% of the population
5. Type of Electoral System
8. Date of Independence First-Past-the-Post (FPTP), Proportional
30 June 1960 (from Belgium)

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
18 February 2006

10. Language (s)
French (Official)
11. Literacy Levels
Male: 88.52 % Female: 66.5%
Total: 77.04%(2016)

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