Eight ministers from the former team remained at their posts, others were swapped and 16 new members entered the cabinet.
Bernard Biondo, Minister of External Trade and a member of Mobutu's UDEMO party, resigned in solidarity.
Minister of Rural Development Philippe Undji was fired and jailed for embezzlement.
In September 2011, the Decentralization Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi resigned to run for president.
Jean-Pierre Daruwezi became head of the National Intelligence Agency, and Louis Alphonse Daniel Koyagialo Ngbase te Gerengbo became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of PTT.