Ali Bongo
Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain-Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959), also known as Ali Bongo and Ali Ben Bongo, is a Gabonese former politician who was the third president of Gabon from 2009 to 2023. He is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party. He is the son of Omar Bongo, who was president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991, represented Bongoville as a deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999, and was the Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. After his father's death, he won the 2009 Gabonese presidential election. He was reelected in 2016, in elections marred by numerous irregularities, arrests, human rights violations, and post-election protests and violence.
Ali Bongo | |
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Bongo in 2022 | |
| 3rd President of Gabon | |
| In office 16 October 2009 – 30 August 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Paul Biyoghé Mba Raymond Ndong Sima Daniel Ona Ondo Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet Julien Nkoghe Bekale Rose Christiane Raponda Alain Claude Bilie By Nze |
| Vice President | Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou Rose Christiane Raponda |
| Preceded by | Omar Bongo |
| Succeeded by | Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema (transitional) |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 25 January 1999 – 15 August 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Ndongou |
| Deputy of the National Assembly of Gabon | |
| In office 1990–2009 | |
| Constituency | Haut-Ogooué Province |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Bongo |
| Succeeded by | Pascaline Bongo Ondimba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alain-Bernard Bongo 9 February 1959 Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Congo-Brazzaville) |
| Political party | PDG |
| Spouse | Sylvia Valentin |
| Children | Malika Noureddin Jalil Bilal |
| Residence(s) | Presidential Palace Libreville, Gabon |
| Alma mater | Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
On 30 August 2023, following the results of the Gabonese general election, the military ousted him from the presidency in a coup d'état due to lack of transparency in the election process and established a junta called the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions.