Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will very likely maintain the presidency through 2020. President Tshisekedi is the fifth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the first democratically elected president to experience a peaceful transition of power. Tshisekedi is unlikely to be removed from office by the start of 2021 as the DRC’s constitutional courts have demonstrated their support for the president and the traditionally ruling party has little incentive to remove him.