The government is very unstable and has been changed many times, this has led to other problems in the DRC. After the DRC gained independence from Belgium on June 30th, 1960, the government was a republic. Later in 1971 Mobutu Sese Seko came to power and changed the government to a totalitarianism government. This lasted until 1997 when Laurent Kabila came to power to create a democracy with the help of Rwandan and Ugandan forces that helped to over throw Mobutu.
Some of the leaders of the DRC.