Daniel Ona Ondo
Daniel Ona Ondo | |
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| Prime Minister of Gabon | |
| Assumed office 24 January 2014 | |
| President | Ali Bongo Ondimba |
| Preceded by | Raymond Ndong Sima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1945 Oyem, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon) |
| Political party | PDG |
| Alma mater | University of Picardie Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
Daniel Ona Ondo (born 10 July 1945[1]) is a Gabonese politician who was appointed as Prime Minister of Gabon on 24 January 2014. He previously served as Minister of Education and First Vice-President of the National Assembly. He is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (Parti démocratique gabonais, PDG).
Political career
Ona Ondo taught at the Omar Bongo University in Libreville and was appointed as an adviser to President Omar Bongo in 1990; he also became Rector of Omar Bongo University in 1990. He was elected to the National Assembly in the December 1996 parliamentary election, and he was then appointed to the government as Minister-Delegate under the Minister of Health and Population in 1997. Subsequently he was Minister of Culture, Arts, Popular Education, Youth, and Sports from 1999 to 2002 before being appointed as Minister of National Education on 27 January 2002.[2] In a partial parliamentary election held on 26 May 2002, he won the fourth seat from Woleu Department as a PDG candidate, receiving 65.62% of the vote.[3]
He was elected to the National Assembly in the December 2006 parliamentary election as the PDG candidate for the fourth seat in Woleu Department.[4] Following that election, he was elected as First Vice-President of the National Assembly on 26 January 2007.[5]
On 25 June 2009, following the death of President Bongo, Ona Ondo said on Radio France Internationale that he intended to seek the PDG's nomination as its candidate for the planned presidential election.[6] He was the first person to confirm that he intended to seek the nomination.[7] Although he said that he intended to only run if he won the PDG nomination, it was noted that he made the announcement publicly without adhering to party guidelines intended to ensure unity and discipline.[6]
Ona Ondo was re-elected as First Vice-President of the National Assembly on 27 February 2012.[8] Following local elections in December 2013, President Ali Bongo appointed Ona Ondo as Prime Minister on 24 January 2014, replacing Raymond Ndong Sima.[9]
References
- ^ "Qui est Daniel Ona Ondo ?", Gabonews, 24 January 2014 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "Ona Ondo Daniel", Gabon: Les Hommes de Pouvoir, number 4, Africa Intelligence, 5 March 2002 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "Partielles: Les résultats de la CNE", L'Union, 30 May 2002 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ List of deputies by constituency, National Assembly website Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "Gabon : le bureau de l'Assemblée nationale constitué", Gabonews, 27 January 2007 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ a b "Gabon : La candidature d'Ona Ondo sonne-t-elle le glas du PDG ?", GabonEco, 26 June 2009 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "Gabon: Présidentielle anticipée - Daniel Ona Ondo premier candidat à la candidature du PDG", Gabonews, 25 June 2009 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "Guy Nzouba reste au perchoir", GabonEco, 28 February 2012 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "Gabon's president names new PM after local elections", Agence France-Presse, 24 January 2014 Template:Fr icon.
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