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President Denis Sassou-Nguesso was re-elected on March 21, 2021 for his fourth term. He could remain in power until 2031. Nicknamed "the Emperor" by some of his West African counterparts, Denis Sassou-Nguesso will participate in his fifth presidential election on March 21, after those of 1992, 2002, 2009 and 2016. President of the Republic of Congo from 1979 to 1992, the former military man lost the first pluralist election organized in the country in 1992, won by Pascal Lissouba, whom he then ousted at the end of a bloody civil war in 1997 thanks to the support of Angolan troops. Already thirty-seven years in power If he wins on March 21, the episcopate recently said it was "worried" about the transparency of the next presidential election. The outgoing head of state will notably have as an opponent his former finance minister, Mathias Dzon. The candidacy of Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas, who came second in the 2016 presidential election, was accepted. As were those of MP Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou, former army officer Albert Oniangué, customs inspector Anguios Nganguia Engambé and Dave Mafoula, 38, without political affiliation. A look back at the career of a president who has already had thirty-seven years in power.