After extensive reflection and planning following the appointment of Judith SUMINWA as Prime Minister on April 1, 2024, the composition of the new government was announced this Wednesday, May 29, on the Congolese National Radio and Television (RTNC)[1].

This government, beginning the second term of President Félix TSHISEKEDI, is composed of 53 members, a reduction from the 57 members of the previous government of SAMA LUKONDE II. Among the members of the SUMINWA team, 30 are new ministers, 15 former ones have been retained, and 9 reassigned to other ministries. It includes six Deputy Prime Ministers, nine State Ministers, 24 Ministers, four Delegate Ministers, and 10 Deputy Ministers.

The complete list of the new DRC government distributed according to their function :

• Deputy Prime Ministers :

Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior, Security, Decentralization, and Customary Affairs: JACQUEMAIN SHABANI

Deputy Prime Minister of Transport: JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA

Deputy Prime Minister of National Defense and Veterans Affairs: GUY KABONGO MUADIAMVITA

Deputy Prime Minister of Economy: DANIEL MUKOKO SAMBA

Deputy Prime Minister of Public Service, Modernization, and Innovation: JEAN-PIERRE LIHAU EBUA

Deputy Prime Minister for Planning and Development Aid Coordination: GUYLAIN NYEMBO

• State Ministers :

Minister of State for Agriculture: GREGOIRE MUTSHAYI

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs: THERESE WAMBA WAGNER

Minister of State for National Education and New Citizenship: RAISSA MALU

Minister of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development: EVE BAZAÏBA

Minister of State for Infrastructure and Public Works: ALEXIS GISARO

Minister of State for Justice: CONSTANT MUTAMBA

Minister of State for the Budget: AIME BOJI SANGARA

Minister of State for Land Affairs: ACACIA BANDUBOLA MBONGO

Minister of State for Rural Development: MOHINDO NZANGI

Minister of State for Spatial Planning: GUY LOANDO MBOYO

• Ministers :

Minister of Finance: DOUDOU FWAMBA LIKONDE

Minister of Industry and SMEs: LOUIS KABAMBA WATUM

Minister of Water Resources: TEDDY LWAMBA MOBA

Minister of Mines: KIZITO KAPINGA MULUME

Minister of Hydrocarbons: AIME MOLENDO SAKOMBI

Minister of Employment and Labor: EPHRAIM AKUAKUA

Minister of Urban Planning and Housing: CRISPIN MBADU

Minister of Human Rights: CHANTAL MWADIAMVITA

Minister of Public Health: SAMUEL KAMBA

Minister of Higher Education: SAFI SONGO AYANE

Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation: GILBERT KABANDA

Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and New Information and Communication Technologies and Digital Affairs: AUGUSTIN KIBASA

Minister of the Portfolio: JEAN LUCIEN BUSSA

Minister of Social Action and Solidarity: NATHALIE AZIZA

Minister of Foreign Trade: JULIEN PALUKU

Minister of Regional Integration: DIDIER MAZENGA

Minister of Communication: PATRICK MUYAYA KATEMBWE

Minister of Vocational Training: MARC EKILA

Minister of Gender, Family, and Child: LEONIE KANDOLO OMOYI

Minister of Fisheries and Livestock: JEAN-PIERRE TSHIMANGA BWANA

Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage: YOLANDE ELEBE

Minister of Tourism: DIDIER MPAMBIA MUSANGA

Minister of Sports and Recreation: DIDIER BUDIMBU

Minister of Youth and Patriotic Awakening: NOELLA AYEGANAGATO NAKWIPON

• Deputy Ministers :

Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Cooperation: BESTINE KAZADI

Minister Delegate to the Minister of Urban Planning and Housing, in charge of City Policy: DIDIER TENGE TE LITHO

Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Environment: STEPHANIE MBOMBO

Minister Delegate to the Minister of Social Affairs, responsible for people living with disabilities: ESAMBO DIATA.

• Deputy Ministers :

Deputy Minister of the Interior: EUGENIE TSHELA KAMBA

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: GRACE YAMBA

Deputy Minister of Justice: SAMUEL MBEMBA

Deputy Minister of Budget: ELYSEE MOKWAMWANA MAPOSO

Deputy Minister of Finance: ONEIGE NSELE

Deputy Minister of Defense: SAMY ADUBANGO

Deputy Minister of Initiation to New Citizenship: JEAN-PIERRE KEZAMUDRO

Deputy Minister of Mines: GODARD MOTEMONA

Deputy Minister of Hydrocarbons: WIVINE MOLEKA

Deputy Minister of Customary Affairs: JEAN-BAPTISTE MWAMI NDEZE