DRC’s former Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge was elected as the President of the Senate on August 12.
Agissons et Bâtissons (AB) candidate Sama Lukonde secured 85 votes against his rival UDPS member Jonas Mukamba who received 10 votes.
Sama Lukonde succeded ADFC leader Modeste Bahati Lukwebo who resigned from DRC’s upper-house in February to sit in the National Assembly.
According to articles 75 and 76 of DRC’s constitution, the Senate President is first-in-line of succession if the elected president dies, resigns, is temporarily incapacitated, or is removed from office.
DRC’s new Senate leaders
| Position | Name | Political party or group |
| President | Sama Lukonde | Agissons et Bâtissons (AB) |
| First Vice-President | Kalala Wa Kalala José | Alliance des Valeurs (AV) |
| Second Vice-President | Modeste Bahati Lukwebo | AFDC-A |
| Rapporteur | Néfertiti Ngundianza | Alliance of Actors Attached to the People (AAAP) |
| Deputy Rapporteur | Jean-Claude Baende | Alliance of Humanist Democrats |
| Quaestor | Kabongo Mukengeshayi Taupin | A3 |
| Deputy Quaestor | Pascal Omana | Alliance 24 (A24) |
