Omar Bongo Ondimba (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