Denis Sassou Nguesso

Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso
	Denis Sassou Nguesso in 2014 at The White House.
President of the Republic of the Congo
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 October 1997
Prime Minister	Isidore Mvouba; Clément Mouamba; Anatole Collinet Makosso
Preceded by	Pascal Lissouba
	In office; 8 February 1979 – 31 August 1992
Prime Minister	Louis Sylvain Goma; Ange Édouard Poungui; Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty; Pierre Moussa; Louis Sylvain Goma; André Milongo
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya (Acting)
Succeeded by	Pascal Lissouba
Personal details
Born	November 23, 1943 (age 79); Edou, French Equatorial Africa (now Congo-Brazzaville)
Political party	Congolese Party of Labour (1969–present)
Spouse(s)	Antoinette Sassou Nguesso (m. 1969)
Military service
Allegiance	Republic of the Congo
Branch/service	Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo
Rank	General

Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician. He became the President of the Republic of the Congo^[1] since 1997. He was also President of the Republic of the Congo from 1979 to 1992.

In October 2021, Denis Sassou N'Guesso was cited in the scandal of the "Pandora Papers". According to the international consortium of journalists, it was in 1998, just after the return to power of Denis Sassou N'Guesso, that the company Inter African Investment was reportedly registered in the British Virgin Islands, a Caribbean tax haven. Denis Sassou N'Guesso denies en bloc it is documents.