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| Affiliation | Gabonese Democratic |
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| Name | Omar Bongo Ondimba |
| Previous Names | 09/29/1973 - 11/15/2003 Omar Bongo
12/30/1935 - 09/29/1973 Albert-Bernard Bongo
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, , Gabon |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 30, 1935
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| Died | June 08, 2009
(73 years)
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| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Dec 04, 2015 01:45am |
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| Info | Omar Bongo was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. As a young official under President Leon M'ba in the 1960s, he rapidly rose to prominence and was given key responsibilities; in 1966, he became Vice-President, and he succeeded M'ba as President upon the latter's death in 1967. Bongo headed the single-party regime of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) until 1990, when multi-party politics was introduced. He was re-elected in multiparty presidential elections held in 1993, 1998, and 2005. Although he faced intense opposition to his rule in the early 1990s, he was eventually successful in consolidating power again; most of the major opposition leaders of the 1990s came to support him and were given high-ranking posts in the government.
During Bongo's long rule, ethnic tensions were subdued and Gabon was generally stable and peaceful. The country benefited from its oil wealth, although most of the population remained impoverished and Bongo and his associates were routinely accused of serious corruption. After Cuban President Fidel Castro stepped down in February 2008, Bongo became the world's longest-serving ruler, excluding monarchies.
Bongo's name was "Albert-Bernard Bongo" until he changed it in 1973.
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