Martin Bongo
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Martin Bongo (July 4, 1940 – 18 November, 2023) was a Gabon political figure and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Gabon from 1976 to 1989.
Bongo, a nephew of President Omar Bongo,[1] was born in Lekei, located in Haut-Ogooué Province.[2] In 1989, President Bongo appointed his son, Ali-Ben Bongo, to succeed Martin Bongo as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]
Bongo was the Special Representative of the African Union to the Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2003.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b James Franklin Barnes, Gabon: Beyond the Colonial Legacy (1992), page 57.
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- ^ "Kabila receives AU envoy", Pana, October 17, 2003.
