Congolese Party of Labour

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The Congolese Party of Labour (Parti congolais du Travail), founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, is the ruling political party of the Republic of the Congo. It was originally a Marxist-Leninist pro-Soviet party, but moved towards capitalism during the first administration of Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1979–1992).

Denis Sassou-Nguesso, presidential candidate of both the Congolese Party of Labour and the United Democratic Forces, won the presidential elections of March 10, 2002 with 89.4% of the vote. The party also won 53 out of 153 seats in the lower house of parliament at the legislative elections of May 16 and 20 June, 2002.

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