Heads of State
1960Fulbert Youlou, president of the Republic (constitutional law of 1959; elected in 1961 as unique candidate)
1963Alphonse Massamba-Débat, president of the Republic (August revolution; elected in December 1963 by Great Elctors)
1968Augustin Poignet, Acting Head of State (coup d'Etat)
1968Alfred Raoul, Acting Head of State
1968Marien Ngouabi, president of the Republic
1977Jacques Yhomby-Opango, president of the Republic (named by the Central Committe of the CWP after the assassination of M. Ngouabi)
1979Denis Sassou Nguesso, president of the Republic (named by the Central Committe of the CWP
after the dismissal of Yhomby, named again in 1984 and 1989)
1992Pascal Lissouba, president of the Republic (elected, his mandate ended in 1997)
1997Denis Sassou Nguesso, president of the Republic (selft-proclaimed at the end of the Civil war)
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