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Elected: 2014
Country (Nationality)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Discipline
Other
Bio
Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Republic of the Congo since 1997; he was previously President from 1979 to 1992.