Congolese Party of Labour
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The Congolese Party of Labor (Parti congolais du Travail, PCT), founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, is the ruling political party of the Republic of the Congo. It was originally a Marxist-Leninist pro-Soviet party, but moved towards a less radical left wing stance in the early 1990s.
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, presidential candidate of both the Congolese Party of Labour and the United Democratic Forces, won the presidential elections of March 10, 2002 with 89.4% of the vote. The party won 53 out of 137 seats in the National Assembly in the parliamentary election held on May 26 and June 23, 2002.
At the party's Fifth Extraordinary Congress in December 2006, Sassou-Nguesso was re-elected as President of the Central Committee of the PCT and Ambroise Noumazalaye was re-elected as Secretary-General of the PCT.[1] Noumazalaye died in November 2007,[2] and Prime Minister Isidore Mvouba became Interim Secretary-General of the PCT.[3]
In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the PCT won 46 seats; along with its allies, it won a majority of 125 out of 137 seats.
[edit] References
- ^ Willy Mbossa, "Denis Sassou Nguesso reconduit à la tête du comité central du Parti congolais du travail", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, December 30, 2006 (French).
- ^ "Le président du Sénat, Ambroise Edouard Noumazalay est décédé à Paris", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, November 18, 2007 (French).
- ^ "La dépouille mortelle du président du Sénat attendue le 23 novembre à Brazzaville", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, November 22, 2007 (French).
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