Bongo family

The Bongo family is a Gabonese and Congolese political family of Teke ethnicity.^[1] Three extended members of the Bongo family (Omar Bongo, Ali Bongo, and Brice Oligui Nguema) have ruled Gabon since 1967.^[2][3] Omar served as president from 1967 until his death in 2009, and was succeeded in the presidency by his son Ali Bongo, who served until 2023 when he was overthrown by his cousin Brice Oligui Nguema in a coup.

Denis Sassou Nguesso, the current President of the Republic of the Congo, is related to the Bongo family through the marriage of his late daughter Edith Lucie to Omar Bongo.

Family tree

Denis Sassou Nguesso 1943–present r. 1979–1992[a] r. 1997–present[a]

Edith Lucie Bongo 1964–2009

Omar Bongo 1935–2009 r. 1967–2009

Patience Dabany 1941–present

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba 1963–present

Ali Bongo 1959–present r. 2009–2023

Albertine Amissa Bongo 1964–1993

Noureddin Bongo Valentin

Jalil Bongo Valentin

Bilal Bongo Valentin

Other members

• Brice Oligui Nguema is a maternal cousin of Ali Bongo.
• Louise Mouyabi Moukala was Omar Bongo's first wife.
• Pascaline Bongo Ondimba is a daughter of Omar Bongo. Bob Marley was her ex partner but he isn't related to the Bongo family.
• Paul Toungui, husband of Pascaline Bongo Ondimba.
• Colonel Frédéric Bongo, half-brother of Ali Bongo.
• Brother of Oligui (Dieudonné Aba'A Oyono?) is the head of the Constitutional Court.^[4]
• Zita Nyangue Oligui is the wife of Oligui.
• François Makoba father of Zita Nyangue Oligui.
• Irène Moussounda mother of Zita Nyangue Oligui.
• Régis Onanga Ndiaye is the brother-in-law of Brice Oligui Nguema.
• General Grégoire Kouna is a cousin of Ali Bongo.^[5]
• Marie-Claire Dirat mother of Edith Bongo.
• Omar Denis Junior Bongo Ondimba son of Edith and Omar Bongo.
• Yacine Bongo Ondimba son of Edith and Omar Bongo.
• Inge Lynn Collins Bongo second wife of Ali Bongo.
• Malika Bongo daughter of Ali Bongo.
• Jérôme Dabany mother-in law of Omar Bongo.
• Véronique Nabibiga father-in law of Omar Bongo.
• Édouard Valentin father of Sylvia Bongo Ondimba.
• Aimée Baudier mother of Sylvia Bongo Ondimba.
• Elizabeth Bongo grandchild of Sylvia and Ali Bongo.
• Deborah Bongo grandchild of Sylvia and Ali Bongo.
• Dyah Bongo grandchild of Sylvia and Ali Bongo.
• Martin Bongo nephew of Omar Bongo.
• Léon Paul Ngoulakia cousin of Ali Bongo.
• Annick Aubierge Laffite mother of Malika Bongo Ondimba
• Emery Pierre Claver Ngoulakia father of Léon Paul Ngoulakia.
• Mpinoboumou Emma Rose mother of Léon Paul Ngoulakia.
• Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo former romantic partner of Omar Bongo.
• Chantal Myboto daughter of Zacharie Myboto.
• Zacharie Myboto
• Onaïda Maïsha Bongo Ondimba daughter of Chantal Myboto and Omar Bongo.
• Zainab Peeroo one of the many wives of Omar Bongo.
• Ahmed Bongo son of Zainab Peeroo and Omar Bongo.
• Yusuf Bongo son of Zainab Peeroo and Omar Bongo.
• Eleven siblings of Omar Bongo.
• Two children of Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo and Omar Bongo.
• Other 20 children of Omar Bongo (It's rumored that he has combined 53 or 54 children).

Related to the Bongo family

• Jean Ping, ex-husband of Pascaline Omar Bongo.
• Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, wife of Denis Sassou Nguesso.
• Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, son of Denis Sassou Nguesso.
• Pascal Loemba Tchibota, father of Antoinette Sassou Nguesso.
• Marie-Louise Djembo, mother of Antoinette Sassou Nguesso.
• Helena Lydia Barro Chambrier, the niece of Antoinette Sassou Nguesso.
• Alexandre Barro Chambrier husband of Helena.^[6]
• Five children of Chambrier.^[7]
• Marcel Éloi Rahandi Chambrier father of Alexandre Barro Chambrier.
• Séraphin Moundounga husband of Helena Lydia Barro Chambrier and current Vice President of Gabon.
• Aimé Emmanuel Yoka uncle of Denis Sassou Nguesso.
• Pierre Anga uncle of Denis Sassou Nguesso.
• Julien Nguesso father of Denis Sassou Nguesso.
• Émilienne Mouebara mother of Denis Sassou Nguesso.
• Lily Kaniki mother of Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso.
• Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya cousin of Kaniki. He belonged to one of the royal families of Basakata.
• Cheng Zhiping also called Charles Ping or Wang Ping father of Jean Ping.
• Germaine Anina mother of Jean Ping.
• Children of Jean Ping and Marie-Madeleine Liane.
• Children of Jean Ping and Jeanne-Thérèse.

Notes

1. As President of the Republic of the Congo