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Bekale is a member of the [[Gabonese Democratic Party]]. He has served ministerial positions under both Ali Bongo and [[Omar Bongo]], such as minister for oil, gas, and hydrocarbons<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2019/01/12/gabon-names-new-prime-minister-as-bongo-seeks-return-to-stability//|title=Gabon names new Prime Minister as Bongo seeks return to stability|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref> in 2009 and for transport and equipment in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-premier-ministre-gabon/|title=Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekalé, le nouveau ministre premier ministre du Gabon|last=Ondo|first=Albertine|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/serie-portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-pme-de-lartisanat-secteur-crucial-creation-demplois-gabon/|title=[Série] Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l’Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d’emplois au Gabon|last=Mpiga|first=Herve|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref>
Bekale is a member of the [[Gabonese Democratic Party]]. He has served ministerial positions under both Ali Bongo and [[Omar Bongo]], such as minister for oil, gas, and hydrocarbons<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2019/01/12/gabon-names-new-prime-minister-as-bongo-seeks-return-to-stability//|title=Gabon names new Prime Minister as Bongo seeks return to stability|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref> in 2009 and for transport and equipment in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-premier-ministre-gabon/|title=Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekalé, le nouveau ministre premier ministre du Gabon|last=Ondo|first=Albertine|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/serie-portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-pme-de-lartisanat-secteur-crucial-creation-demplois-gabon/|title=[Série] Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l’Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d’emplois au Gabon|last=Mpiga|first=Herve|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref>
Bekale is a member of the [[Gabonese Democratic Party]]. He has served ministerial positions under both Ali Bongo and [[Omar Bongo]], such as minister for oil, gas, and hydrocarbons<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2019/01/12/gabon-names-new-prime-minister-as-bongo-seeks-return-to-stability//|title=Gabon names new Prime Minister as Bongo seeks return to stability|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref> in 2009 and for transport and equipment in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-premier-ministre-gabon/|title=Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekalé, le nouveau ministre premier ministre du Gabon|last=Ondo|first=Albertine|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/serie-portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-pme-de-lartisanat-secteur-crucial-creation-demplois-gabon/|title=[Série] Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l’Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d’emplois au Gabon|last=Mpiga|first=Herve|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref>
Bekale is a member of the [[Gabonese Democratic Party]]. He has served ministerial positions under both Ali Bongo and [[Omar Bongo]], such as minister for oil, gas, and hydrocarbons<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2019/01/12/gabon-names-new-prime-minister-as-bongo-seeks-return-to-stability//|title=Gabon names new Prime Minister as Bongo seeks return to stability|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref> in 2009 and for transport and equipment in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-premier-ministre-gabon/|title=Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekalé, le nouveau ministre premier ministre du Gabon|last=Ondo|first=Albertine|date=January 12, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lalibreville.com/serie-portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-pme-de-lartisanat-secteur-crucial-creation-demplois-gabon/|title=[Série] Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l’Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d’emplois au Gabon|last=Mpiga|first=Herve|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref>
From 2011 to 2012, he is Minister of Transport and Equipment.
<ref>{{Lien web |langue= |auteur=Le Monde avec AFP |titre=Démission du premier ministre gabonais, après les législatives |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2012/02/13/demission-du-premier-ministre-gabonais-apres-les-legislatives_1642942_3212.html |site=https://www.lemonde.fr |date=13 février 2012 |consulté le=27 juillet 2020}}</ref>.
He then joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development, from February 2012 to January 2014, in the government of [[Raymond Ndong Sima]]<ref>{{Lien web |langue= |auteur=Amadou Atar |titre=Gabon : mais qui est le Premier ministre, Julien Nkoghé Békalé ? |url=https://www.afrik.com/gabon-mais-qui-est-le-premier-ministre-julien-nkoghe-bekale |site=https://www.afrik.com |date=16 décembre 2019 |consulté le=27 juillet 2020}}</ref>.
On 4 May 2018, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé is appointed Minister of SMEs and Handicrafts in the government of Issoze Ngondet III. His aim was to increase the number of SMEs and help them grow <ref>{{Lien web |langue= |auteur=Hervé Mpiga |titre=Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l’Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d’emplois au Gabon |url=https://lalibreville.com/serie-portrait-de-julien-nkoghe-bekale-nouveau-ministre-pme-de-lartisanat-secteur-crucial-creation-demplois-gabon/ |site=La Libreville |date=15 mai 2018}}</ref>. À la suite d’un remaniement par décret présidentiel, il quitte ce ministère le 23 juillet 2018<ref>{{Lien web |langue= |auteur=Clément Soalla |titre=Gabon : un remaniement ministériel aux allures de jeu de chaises musicales |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/605627/politique/gabon-un-remaniement-ministeriel-aux-allures-de-jeu-de-chaises-musicales/|périodique=Jeune Afrique|date=25 juillet 2018}}</ref>.
He is appointed Minister for Labour and Employment, with responsibility for Vocational Training, on 23 July 2018, to replace Arnaud Calixte Engandji Alandji <ref>{{Lien web |langue= |auteur=Clément Soalla |titre=Gabon : un remaniement ministériel aux allures de jeu de chaises musicales |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/605627/politique/gabon-un-remaniement-ministeriel-aux-allures-de-jeu-de-chaises-musicales/|périodique=Jeune Afrique|date=25 juillet 2018}}</ref>.
On 12 October 2018, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé was elected, in the first round, with 58.08% of the votes, deputy of the first seat of the department of Komo Mondah (commune of [[Ntoum]) in his native province of the Estuary<ref>{{Lien web |langue=français|titre=RÉSULTATS ELECTIONS LÉGISLATIVES 2018 1ER TOUR |url=https://www.union.sonapresse.com/gabon-politique/resultats-elections-legislatives-2018-1er-tour-11923 |site=https://www.union.sonapresse.com/ |date=16 octobre 2018 |}}</ref>.
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===Prime Minister of Gabon===
===Prime Minister of Gabon===

Revision as of 07:32, 5 August 2020

Julien Nkoghe Bekale
Bekale in October 2019
11th Prime Minister of Gabon
In office
12 January 2019 – 16 July 2020
PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba
Preceded byEmmanuel Issoze-Ngondet
Succeeded byRose Christiane Raponda
Personal details
Born (1962-01-09) January 9, 1962 (age 62)
Ntoum, Gabon (present day Gabon)[1]
Political partyGabonese Democratic Party

Julien Nkoghe Bekale is a Gabonese politician who was Prime Minister of Gabon from 2019 to 2020. In the aftermath of the 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt, he was appointed prime minister by president Ali Bongo Ondimba[2] on 12 January 2019.

He was dismissed on 16 july 2020, and replaced by Rose Raponda[3] . Julien Nkohe Bekalé studied at the Lycée d'Etat de l'Estuaire in Libreville, then at the Lycée technique Omar Bongo in Liberville where he obtained his baccalaureate in 1982 [4]. He then studied for a year at the seminary, with the aim of becoming a priest. But he finally changes his mind and reorientates himself in law with the aim of becoming a corporate lawyer[5]. He studied at the University Omar Bongo, where he met Guy Rossatanga, then professor of law. He obtained his Master of Laws degree in 1986. Pushed by his teacher, Mr Antonio Rivera, he then joined the Libreville School of Magistracy, in cycle A. He studied there for one year, then joined the international section of the [National School of Magistracy]. He then returned to Gabon to take the oath of office on 7 October 1988 at the Libreville courthouse, in the presence of the President of the Republic. Omar Bongo Ondimba[6]. He has been working as a magistrate for five years. He first held the position of prosecutor at the court of Franceville, for two years. He was then assigned as a judge at the court of Oyem for one year. Then he is deputy prosecutor at the court of Libreville for two years. In 1993, he was appointed legal adviser to Paul Biyoghe Mba, Minister of Privatisation and Reform of the Parapublic Sector. He remained in this position until 1995, when Paul Biyoghe Mba left the government. The latter then became his mentor in politics. He resumed his studies. He went to France, to the Centre d'Etudes Financières, Economiques et Bancaires de Marseille. He then obtains one and a DESS in Business Administration from the IAE de Paris 1, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne[7]. He has three hats: that of a lawyer, a financier, and an economist[8]. Before starting his political career, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé was Deputy Prosecutor, then Judge in the jurisdictions of Franceville, Oyem and Libreville. [9]. In 1993, he was appointed legal adviser to [Paul Biyoghe Mba] and then Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry and High Commissioner[10]. ---

Political career

Bekale is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party. He has served ministerial positions under both Ali Bongo and Omar Bongo, such as minister for oil, gas, and hydrocarbons[11] in 2009 and for transport and equipment in 2011.[12][13] Bekale is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party. He has served ministerial positions under both Ali Bongo and Omar Bongo, such as minister for oil, gas, and hydrocarbons[14] in 2009 and for transport and equipment in 2011.[15][16] From 2011 to 2012, he is Minister of Transport and Equipment. [17]. He then joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development, from February 2012 to January 2014, in the government of Raymond Ndong Sima[18]. On 4 May 2018, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé is appointed Minister of SMEs and Handicrafts in the government of Issoze Ngondet III. His aim was to increase the number of SMEs and help them grow [19]. À la suite d’un remaniement par décret présidentiel, il quitte ce ministère le 23 juillet 2018[20]. He is appointed Minister for Labour and Employment, with responsibility for Vocational Training, on 23 July 2018, to replace Arnaud Calixte Engandji Alandji [21]. On 12 October 2018, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé was elected, in the first round, with 58.08% of the votes, deputy of the first seat of the department of Komo Mondah (commune of [[Ntoum]) in his native province of the Estuary[22]. ---

Prime Minister of Gabon

After taking office as prime minister, Bekale named Emmanuel Norbert Tony Ondo Mba as the new energy minister, but did not make other changes to the government.[23] He made the announcement naming his complete government on 12 January 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.[24]

References

  1. ^ "PORTRAIT DU NOUVEAU PREMIER MINISTRE : UN HOMME DIRECT ET PRAGMATIQUE". L'Union (Sonapresse). L'Union. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Gabon: Julien Nkoghe Bekale becomes the new Prime Minister". January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Rose Raponda Becomes Gabon's First Woman Prime Minister". July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  4. ^ "« 52 minutes avec - Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Premier ministre chef du gouvernement »". 9 May 2019.
  5. ^ "« 52 minutes avec - Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Premier ministre chef du gouvernement »". 9 May 2019.
  6. ^ "« 52 minutes avec - Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Premier ministre chef du gouvernement »". 9 May 2019.
  7. ^ Gabon: but who is the Prime Minister, Julien Nkoghé Békalé?
  8. ^ "« 52 minutes avec - Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Premier ministre chef du gouvernement »". 9 May 2019.
  9. ^ Amadou Atar (16 December 2019). "Gabon : mais qui est le Premier ministre, Julien Nkoghé Békalé ?". https://www.afrik.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  10. ^ l’Union (14 January 2019). "Portrait du nouveau premier ministre : un homme direct et pragmatique". https://www.union.sonapresse.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  11. ^ "Gabon names new Prime Minister as Bongo seeks return to stability". January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  12. ^ Ondo, Albertine (January 12, 2019). "Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekalé, le nouveau ministre premier ministre du Gabon". Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  13. ^ Mpiga, Herve (May 15, 2018). "[Série] Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l'Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d'emplois au Gabon". Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  14. ^ "Gabon names new Prime Minister as Bongo seeks return to stability". January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  15. ^ Ondo, Albertine (January 12, 2019). "Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekalé, le nouveau ministre premier ministre du Gabon". Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  16. ^ Mpiga, Herve (May 15, 2018). "[Série] Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l'Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d'emplois au Gabon". Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  17. ^ Le Monde avec AFP (13 February 2012). "Démission du premier ministre gabonais, après les législatives". https://www.lemonde.fr. Retrieved 27 July 2020. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  18. ^ Amadou Atar (16 December 2019). "Gabon : mais qui est le Premier ministre, Julien Nkoghé Békalé ?". https://www.afrik.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  19. ^ Hervé Mpiga (15 May 2018). "Portrait de Julien Nkoghe Bekale, le nouveau ministre des PME et de l'Artisanat, un secteur crucial pour la création d'emplois au Gabon". La Libreville.
  20. ^ Clément Soalla (25 July 2018). "Gabon : un remaniement ministériel aux allures de jeu de chaises musicales". Jeune Afrique.
  21. ^ Clément Soalla (25 July 2018). "Gabon : un remaniement ministériel aux allures de jeu de chaises musicales". Jeune Afrique.
  22. ^ "RÉSULTATS ELECTIONS LÉGISLATIVES 2018 1ER TOUR". https://www.union.sonapresse.com/ (in French). 16 October 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  23. ^ de Bassompierre, Leanne; Mbog Batassi, Eric (January 13, 2019). "Gabon's New Prime Minister Forms Government After Coup Attempt". Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  24. ^ "Gabon : L'équipe complète du gouvernement Julien Nkoghé Békalé". January 13, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Gabon
2019–2020
Succeeded by