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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 ...
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed the republican guard chief as their country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world. A longtime politician and one-time funk musician, the French-educated Bongo, 64, is a ...