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Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain-Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959), [1] [2] also known as Ali Bongo and Ali Ben Bongo, [1] is a Gabonese former politician who was the third president of Gabon from 2009 to 2023. [3] [4] [5] He is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party. He is the son of Omar Bongo, who was president of Gabon from
Acting president Rose Francine Rogombé received the condolences of several world leaders following the death of Bongo. Cameroonian President Paul Biya sent his condolences to Rose Francine Rogombé, describing Bongo's death as "a great loss" to both Gabon and Africa and saying that Bongo was "an exceptional statesman and prominent political ...
The president of the republic is elected for a presidential term of five (5) years, by universal and direct suffrage as per the 2023 Constitution amendement. [2] The president is renewable. [3] There was a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Gabon. This limit was lifted for Omar Bongo in 2003. [4]
A military coup thrust the Central African nation of Gabon into turmoil Wednesday, unseating the president – whose family had held power for more than half a century – just minutes after he ...
Gabonese President Ali Bongo, speaking from apparent house arrest on Wednesday, asked the international community to "make noise" to support him and his family in a video shared widely online ...
Military officers in Gabon have declared they were seizing power from President Ali Bongo Ondimba in a stunning coup, threatening the family’s half-century rule over the central African nation.
He served as an aide-de-camp to President Omar Bongo until his death in 2009. He then served as a military attaché at the Gabonese embassies in Morocco and Senegal. [11] In October 2018, he was recalled to Gabon where he replaced President Ali Bongo's half-brother Colonel Frédéric Bongo at the head of the intelligence service of the ...
President pleads for support and calls for citizens to ‘make noise’ in video from his residence Gabon president Ali Bongo ‘under house arrest’ as military says it has seized power in coup ...