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Omar Bongo
1935 – 2009
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryOmar Bongo Ondimba was the second president of Gabon, serving from 1967 until his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first president Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being made the second vice president in 1966, replacing Paul-Marie Yembit. In 1967, after M'ba's death, he became the country's president.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 30, 1935
Bongoville
Date of death
June 8, 2009
Barcelona
Citizenship
France · Gabon
Occupations & fields
politicianmilitary personnelminister
Awards & honours
Order of the Equatorial StarGrand Cross of the National Order of MeritGrand Collar of the Order of Prince HenryOrder of Agostinho NetoKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republichonorary doctor of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
- Field and occupation
- gabonský politik
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