Ali Bongo Ondimba : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

9 February 1959(age 57)

Place of birth

Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Congo-Brazzaville)

Political party

PDG

Spouse

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba

Alma mater

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Religion

Islam

President of Gabon

Assumed office

16 October 2009

Prime minister

Paul Biyoghé Mba

Preceded by

Rose Francine Rogombé (Acting)

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Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo on February 9, 1959) is a Gabonese politician who has been President of Gabon since October 2009.

Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999; subsequently he was Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. He is a Vice-President of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) and was the PDG's candidate in the August 2009 presidential election, which followed his father's death. According to official results, he won the election with 42% of the vote.