Ali Bongo Ondimba
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Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959),[1] sometimes known as Ali Bongo, is a Gabonese politician who is the third and current president of Gabon since October 2009.
Ali Bongo Ondimba | |
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 Bongo in 2012 | |
| 3rd President of Gabon | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2009 | |
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alain Bernard Bongo (1959-02-09) 9 February 1959 (age 64) 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 |
Ali Bongo 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 Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. After his father's death, he won the 2009 Gabonese presidential election.[2] He was reelected in 2016, in elections marred by numerous irregularities, arrests, human rights violations and post-election protests and violence.[3][4] Bongo is also president of the Gabonese Democratic Party.