The Suminwa government also known as the Suminwa cabinet was formed following the appointment by President

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as the first female

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on 1 April 2024. The

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was named on 29 May and was invested by the

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on 12 June more than five months after the 2023 general election. Of the 405 deputies voting, 397 voted for the investiture and 8 abstained. By 14 June most, if not all, of the ministers had taken office and the government met for the first time as the

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presided over by the President. This is the fourth government of Tshisekedi's presidency and the first of his second term.

Government

The 52 member government is composed of 6 deputy prime ministers, 9 ministers of state, 24 ministers, 3 delegate ministers, and 10 deputy ministers. Among the members, 28 are new, 15 have kept their portfolios, and 9 have new ones. There are 16 women and 36 men. All deputy prime ministers are men. Nearly half the original members, 26 to be precise, were freshly elected members of

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, either as deputies or senators, when they joined the government. In their case, article 110 of the

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took effect, and their parliamentary mandates are suspended while in government to be taken up by their substitutes.

Prime minister

* Prime Minister: Judith Suminwa Tuluka

Deputy Prime Ministers

* Minister of the Interior, Security, Decentralization and Customary Affairs: * Minister of Transport:

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* Minister of National Defense and Veterans Affairs:

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* Minister of the Economy:

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* Minister of Civil Service, Modernization and Innovation: Jean-Pierre Lihau Ebua * Minister for Planning and Coordination of Development Aid: Guylain Nyembo

Ministers of State

* Minister for Agriculture: Grégoire Mutshayi * Minister for Foreign Affairs:

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* Minister for National Education and New Citizenship: * Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development: Eve Bazaïba * Minister for Infrastructure and Public Works: Alexis Gisaro * Minister for Budget: Aimé Boji Sangara * Minister for Land Affairs:

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* Minister for Rural Development:

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* Minister for Regional Planning:

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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: * Minister of Hydrocarbons: Aimé Sakombi Molendo * Minister of Employment and Labor: Ephraim Akuakua * Minister of Urban Planning and Housing: * Minister of Human Rights: Chantal Mwadiamvita * Minister of Public Health : * Minister of Higher and University Education: * Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation: * Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and New Information and Communication and Digital Technologies: Augustin Kibassa * Minister of Portfolio: Jean-Lucien Bussa * Minister of Social Action and Solidarity: * Minister of Foreign Trade: Julien Paluku * Minister of Regional Integration: * Minister of Communication:

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* Minister of Vocational Training: * Minister of Gender, Family and Children: * Minister of Fisheries and Livestock: Jean-Pierre Tshimanga Bwana * Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage: * Minister of Tourism: * Minister of Sports and Leisure: Didier Budimbu * Minister of Youth and Patriotic Awakening:

Minister-Delegates

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

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* Minister Delegate to the Minister of Urban Planning and Housing, in charge of Urban Policy: Didier Tenge Te Litho * Minister Delegate to the Minister of Social Affairs, in charge of people living with disabilities:

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Deputy Ministers

* Deputy Minister of the Interior: * Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: Grace Yamba * Deputy Minister of Justice: Samuel Mbemba * Deputy Minister of Budget: * Deputy Minister of Finance: * Deputy Minister of Defense: * Deputy Minister of Introduction to New Citizenship: Jean-Pierre Kezamudro * Deputy Minister of Mines: * Deputy Minister of Hydrocarbons: * Deputy Minister of Customary Affairs: Jean-Baptiste Ndeze

Former members

* Minister Delegate to the Minister of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development, in charge of the Climate Economy: Stéphanie Mbombo (12–18 June 2024)

* Minister for Justice: (13 June 2024–17 June 2025)