Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Parlement de la République démocratique du Congo
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	National Assembly Senate
Leadership
President of the Senate	Sama Lukonde since 12 August 2024
President of the National Assembly	Vital Kamerhe since 24 May 2024
Seats	609 members (500 and 109)
Elections
National Assembly voting system	Coexistence: Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in multi-member constituencies and first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies
Senate voting system	Indirectly elected
Meeting place
Palais du Peuple (Kinshasa)
Website
www.assemblee-nationale.cd www.senat.cd

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 Senate (Upper Chamber)
• The National Assembly (Lower Chamber)

The most recent Parliament was inaugurated on January 28, 2019.

History

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.

See also

• Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of legislatures by country

References

1. "After Election Upheaval, DRC Inaugurates New Parliament". 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,[...]"

External links

• Parlement de la Republique Democratique du Congo, Official Site
• National Assembly
• Senate