Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sassou Nguesso ya kasance shugaban adawa na tsawon shekaru biyar kafin ya koma mulki a lokacin Jamhuriyar Kwango ta biyu yakin basasa
, wanda dakarun 'yan tawayensa suka hambarar da Shugaba Pascal Lissouba.Bayan wani lokaci na rikon kwarya, ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa na 2002, wanda ya hada da karancin 'yan adawa; an sake zabarsa a zaben shugaban kasa na 2009. Gabatar da sabon kundin tsarin mulki, wanda aka zartar ta hanyar raba gardama a shekarar 2015, a yayin da ake kira ga kauracewa sannan kuma watsi da sakamakon da shugabannin adawa suka yi, ya baiwa Sassou Nguesso damar tsayawa takara a wani wa'adi. An sake zabarsa a zaben shugaban kasa na 2016 tare da rinjaye a zagaye na farko.