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We have no further information about him". But later on Monday, reports in the Spanish media said Bongo had died shortly after Ndong's news conference. They quoted members of Bongo's entourage as saying the African leader had died at 12:00 GMT. The clinic and the Spanish government refused to comment on the latest reports". [8]
Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 January 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected the second vice-president in his ...
The Bongo family is a Gabonese and Congolese political family of Teke ethnicity. [1] Three Bongo family members ( Omar Bongo , Ali Bongo , and Brice Oligui Nguema ) have been presidents of Gabon , ruling the country from 1967 until the present.
Since independence from France in 1960, Gabon has primarily been ruled by the Bongo family starting with President Omar Bongo in 1967 [6] and, following his death in 2009, by his son Ali Bongo Ondimba. Ali Bongo was re-elected in an election in 2016 which prompted a failed coup attempt in 2019. [7]
A news item involving Omar Bongo was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 8 June 2009. Wikipedia This level-5 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Édith Lucie Bongo Ondimba was born March 10, 1964. Her father was Denis Sassou Nguesso , who later served as the President of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992 and 1997 to date). Her marriage to President Bongo on August 4, 1989, was viewed politically as an example of cooperation between the two countries, according to Reuters .
Following President Léon Mba's sudden and suspicious death, Omar Bongo took over as head of state. Some suspect the involvement of the French government, determined to control this oil-rich nation. When Vincent de Paul Nyonda refused to join the new government, one he deemed illegitimate, Omar Bongo ordered his arrest.
In 1987, Albert Ondo Ossa passed the competitive examination for the faculties of economics and management in Dakar (Senegal). He then went through all the university grades at the Omar Bongo Ondimba University to become from 1988 to 1990 head of the economics department and then in 1990 dean of the faculty of law and economics.