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Name Omar Bongo Ondimba Omar Bongo Ondimba
Surname Bongo Ondimba
First Names Omar
Alternate Name Albert Bernard Bongo
Title El Hadji
Country of Birth Gabon
Positions
From To Organisation Position
1993   Office of the President President of Gabon
1968 1990 Gabonese Democratic Party Founder & President, PDG
1967 1993 Office of the President President of Gabon (Bongo became President following the death of M'ba on November 28)
1967 1967 Office of the President Vice-President of Gabon (Elected as Vice-President, alongside the election of Leon M'Ba as President)
1966 1967 Office of the President Vice-President of Gabon (Appointed by the President Léon M'ba)
1966 1966 Ministry of Communication, Post, Telecommunication & New Information Technologies Minister of Information and Tourism
1965 1966 Office of the President Presidential Representative in charge of Defense & Coordination
1962 1965 Office of the President Director of the Presidential Cabinet
1962 1962 Office of the President Assistant Director of the Presidential Cabinet
Date of Birth 30 Dec 1935
Political Affiliation PDG
eMail http://www.omarbongo.org/le-president-omar-bongo-ondimba.php?rubrique=39
Telephone  
Address http://www.omarbongo.org/
Notes -Omar Bongo was born Albert Bernard Bongo in Lewai, a town of the Haut-Ogooué province in southeastern Gabon near the border with the Republic of the Congo. Lewai was renamed Bongoville in honour of Bongo's work to develop the town.
-Bongo changed his name to El Hadj Omar Bongo when he converted to Islam in 1973.
-Omar Bongo went to school in Brazzaville, and received military training in Chad.
-Military coup: During a military coup attempt in 1964, Mba was kidnapped and Bongo was held in custody in a military camp in Libreville. Both were rescued by French paratroopers.
For more on Omar Bongo, visit the link below.

[ BBC Focus on Africa Magazine - Daniel Mboungou Mayengue - 20 Jan 2003 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2646825.stm ]
Record last updated on 30 JUN 2008