Alain Claude Bilie By Nze

Alain Claude Bilie By Nze
By Nze in 2023
13th Prime Minister of Gabon
In office 9 January 2023 – 30 August 2023
President	Ali Bongo Ondimba
Preceded by	Rose Christiane Raponda
Succeeded by	Raymond Ndong Sima
Deputy Prime Minister of Gabon
In office October 2022 – 9 January 2023
President	Ali Bongo Ondimba
Minister of Communications
In office 2006–2007
President	Omar Bongo
Member of the National Assembly of Gabon
In office 2006–2011
Personal details
Born	(1967-09-16) 16 September 1967 Makokou, Gabon
Alma mater	Omar Bongo University

Alain Claude Bilie By Nze (born 16 September 1967) is a Gabonese politician who was the Prime Minister of Gabon from 9 January 2023 until 30 August 2023 when he was deposed in the 2023 coup d'état.

Biography

By Nze was born on 16 September 1967 in Makokou. He studied literature at Omar Bongo University in Libreville.

Career

In 2006, he was appointed Minister of Communications, and was elected to Gabon's National Assembly, leaving the latter office in 2011 and the former in 2007, which he left to become Deputy Minister of Transport. In March 2012, By Nze was made an advisor to the President and the government's spokesperson.

By Nze became Communications Minister for a second time in 2015, and was additionally made Minister of State, Minister of the Digital Economy, and Minister of Culture and the Arts in October 2016. In 2018, By Nze was reappointed as Minister of State and Minister of Sports.

In July 2020, he became the Minister of State and the Minister of Energy and Water Resources. During a cabinet reshuffle in March 2022, he also became the government's official spokesperson, and in October 2022, he became a Deputy Prime Minister. On 9 January 2023, By Nze was appointed Prime Minister of Gabon, replacing Rose Christiane Raponda, who resigned to become Vice President.