List of Heads of State of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of the Congo
15 August 1960 to 15 August 1963	Abb&eacute Fulbert Youlou, President	UDDIA	Continued to use title 'Abbot' despite being suspended by the church on entering politics. Deposed in a coup d'etat
15 August 1963 to 16 August 1963	David Moussaka , and	Mil
	Félix Mouzabakani , Officers in charge of the Provisional Government	Mil
16 August 1963	Presidency suspended
16 August 1963 to 19 December 1963	Alphonse Massemba-Débat , Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution	MNR
19 December 1963 to 2 August 1968	Alphonse Massemba-Débat , President		Deposed
3 August 1968 to 4 August 1968	Augustin Poignet , acting President		For Massemba-Débat
4 August 1968 to 4 September 1968	Alphonse Massemba-Débat , President	MNR	Restored; executed March 1977
4 September 1968 to 5 September 1968	Marien Ngouabi, Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution	Mil	1st Term
5 September 1968 to 1 January 1969	Major Alfred Raoul , acting Head of State	Mil
1 January 1969 to January 3 1970	Major Marien Ngouabi, Head of State	Mil/PCT
People’s Republic of the Congo
(République populair du Congo)
3 January 1970 to 18 March 1977	Major Marien Ngouabi, Head of State	Mil/PCT	A 'new state' deemed to have created from 3 Jan 1970; Assassinated
18 March 1977	Presidency suspended
18 March 1977 to 3 April 1977	Military Committee of the Congolese Labour Party:-
	Colonel Jacques Yhombi-Opango	Mil/PCT
	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	Mil/PCT
	Louis Sylvain Goma	Mil/PCT
	Jean-Michel Ebaka	Mil/PCT
	Raymond Damase Ngollo	Mil/PCT
	Martin Mbia	Mil/PCT
	Pascal Bima	Mil/PCT
	Nicolas Okongo	Mil/PCT
	François Xavier Katali	Mil/PCT
	Florent Tsiba	Mil/PCT
	Pierre Anga	Mil/PCT
3 April 1977 to 5 February 1979	Colonel Jacques Yhombi-Opango, Head of State	Mil/PCT
5 February 1979 to 8 February 1979	Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya , Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Congolese Labour Party	PCT
8 February 1979 to 14 August 1979	Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Head of State	PCT
14 August 1979 to 31 August 1992	Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President
Republic of the Congo
(République du Congo)
31 August 1992 to 15 October 1997	Pascal Lissouba, President	UPADS
25 October 1997 to present	Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President	PCT	Re-elected March 2002

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See also:-

• Congo
• Republic of the Congo
  • Heads of Government of the Republic of the Congo
• Lists of Incumbents