KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo’s prime minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, resigned on Tuesday, triggering the dissolution of his government, the presidency said in a statement.
The prime minister tendered his resignation to President Felix Tshisekedi eight days after the validation of his mandate as a national deputy. He will now join parliament as a member of the assembly.
Lukonde was appointed prime minister of the mineral-rich central African country in February 2021. He was aged 43 at the time.
After he was re-elected in December, Tshisekedi named a representative after his re-election in December to identify a majority coalition within the National Assembly in view of forming his next government.
(Reporting by Ange Kasongo, Writing by Sofia Christensen,Editing by Chris Reese and Timothy Heritage)
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