Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (25 March 1941 – 24 October 2024) was a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 7 August 1989 to 3 December 1990 under President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
[1] Following the Fourth Ordinary Congress of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in late July 1989, he was appointed Prime Minister on 7 August, succeeding Ange-Edouard Poungui.
[5] After a little more than a year in office, Poaty-Souchlaty resigned on 3 December 1990, as the PCT's single-party regime was coming to an end.
Poaty-Souchlaty was said to have disagreed with the president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, about what political course the country should take in the face of widespread demands for change.
Although he was not given a position during Pascal Lissouba's presidency from 1992 to 1997,[1] Poaty-Souchlaty was elected as one of the party's 25 vice-presidents in December 2006, at its first extraordinary congress.