Jean Eyeghe Ndong
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Jean Eyeghe Ndong
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| In office 20 January 2006 – 17 July 2009 |
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| President | Omar Bongo Rose Francine Rogombé (Acting) |
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| Preceded by | Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane |
| Succeeded by | Paul Biyoghé Mba |
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| Born | 12 February 1946 |
| Political party | PDG |
Jean Eyeghe Ndong (born February 12, 1946) is a Gabonese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Gabon from January 20, 2006[1] to July 17, 2009.[2] He is a Vice-President of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG).[3]
Eyeghe Ndong is a nephew of Léon M'ba, who was President from 1960 to 1967.[1] In the December 1996 parliamentary election, he won a seat in the National Assembly of Gabon as a PDG candidate in the second arrondissement of Libreville, the capital.[4] He was then appointed to the government as Secretary of State under the Minister of Finance on 28 January 1997[5] and therefore did not sit in the National Assembly until 1999, when he was excluded from the first government of Prime Minister Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane.[4]
Eyeghe Ndong ran as the PDG candidate for the first seat from the second arrondissement of Libreville in the December 2001 parliamentary election, but was defeated by Paul M'ba Abessole of the National Rally of Woodcutters (RNB).[1][4] In the first round he placed second with 32.54% of the vote, behind Mba Abessole's 38.52%.[6] Despite his failure to win a seat, he was appointed to Ntoutoume Emane's government as Minister-Delegate under the Minister of State for the Economy, Finance, the Budget, and Privatization on January 27, 2002; he worked in that capacity alongside another minister-delegate, Senturel Ngoma Madoungou.[7] In the December 29, 2002 local elections, he was elected as a municipal councillor, and he was subsequently elected as a Senator.[4]
Eyeghe Ndong remained in his position as Minister-Delegate at the Ministry of Finance for four years.[7] He was then appointed to succeed Ntoutoume Emane as Prime Minister on January 20, 2006, one day after President Omar Bongo was sworn in for another term.[1][8] He was also named Vice-President of the PDG in October 2006.[9]
Competing for the first seat in the 2nd and 6th Arrondissements of Libreville,[10] Eyeghe and M'ba Abessole faced each other again in the December 2006 parliamentary election, this time with Eyeghe holding the position of Prime Minister and M'ba Abessole being a Deputy Prime Minister, and Eyeghe was victorious,[11] winning 66.52% of the vote.[12] Eyeghe submitted the resignation of his government to Bongo on January 19, 2007; it is constitutionally required that the government resign after the results of parliamentary elections are announced by the Constitutional Court.[13] On January 24, Bongo asked Eyeghe to form a new government, and Eyeghe accepted;[14] the composition of the new government was announced on January 25, with few changes.[15] A new government under Eyeghe Ndong was named on December 28, 2007, with its size reduced from 50 to 41 ministers.[16]
In the April 2008 local elections, he won in the second arrondissement of Libreville, again defeating M'ba Abessole.[17] A new 44-member government headed by Eyeghe Ndong was appointed on October 7, 2008.[18]
Following the death of President Bongo on June 8, 2009, Senate President Rose Francine Rogombé succeeded him on June 10, in line with the constitution. Although the Constitutional Court ruled that the functions of Eyeghe Ndong's government ended upon Rogombé's swearing in, his government nevertheless remained in place for over a week during the period of Bongo's funeral and its preparations. After Bongo was buried on June 18, Eyeghe Ndong and his government resigned on June 19.[19] Rogombé promptly reappointed Eyeghe Ndong at the head of a government virtually identical in composition to his previous government.[20] It included 48 members;[19] no members of the government were dismissed, although some ministers were moved to different portfolios.[20]
Eyeghe Ndong sought the PDG nomination for the early presidential election, but the PDG leadership instead selected Defense Minister Ali-Ben Bongo (Omar Bongo's son) as the party's presidential candidate. He then resigned as Prime Minister on 17 July 2009 and announced he was running as an independent candidate; Rogombé appointed Paul Biyoghé Mba to succeed him on the same day.[2] Eyeghe Ndong said that he made his decision because there had not truly been a consensus in favor of Bongo, and that therefore the proper internal party procedure was not respected.[21]
He has been married to Gisèle Eyeghé Ndong (née Biyoghé) since 1971, and has six children.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Nouveau locataire à la Primature", Afriquecentrale.info, January 20, 2006 (French).
- ^ a b "Gabon names new PM ahead of presidential poll", AFP, 17 July 2009.
- ^ PDG Vice-Presidents, PDG website (French).
- ^ a b c d e "Jean Eyeghe Ndong, la premiere surprise reserve par Bongo Ondimba", Gabonews.ga, January 20, 2006 (French).
- ^ "Décret N° 144/PR, fixant la composition du Gouvernement.", Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise, January 1997, pages 2–3 (French).
- ^ "Gabon: Bongo's Party Sweeps to Victory", allAfrica.com, 14 December 2001.
- ^ a b List of governments of Gabon, IZF.net (French).
- ^ Gabonese president appoints new prime minister", Xinhua, January 21, 2006.
- ^ "Gabon : Le Premier ministre nommé vice-président du PDG", Infosplusgabon.com, October 22, 2006 (French).
- ^ "Liste des Députés par Circonscription", National Assembly website (accessed January 5, 2009) (French).
- ^ "Media predicts waning popularity for Gabonese opposition leader", AngolaPress, December 20, 2006.
- ^ "La Cour constitutionnelle saisie d'un volumineux contentieux, électoral", L'Union (internetgabon.com), 13–14 January 2007 (French).
- ^ "Gabon's government resigns", News24.com, January 19, 2007.
- ^ "Ndong reprend du service", Afriquecentrale.info, January 25, 2007 (French).
- ^ "Gabonese PM forms new gov't", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), January 26, 2007.
- ^ "Gabon: Premier ministre reconduit, Jean Eyéghé Ndong rend publique la liste du nouveau gouvernement gabonais de 41 membres", Gabonews.ga, December 28, 2007 (French).
- ^ "Gabon: sans surprise, large victoire du parti d'Omar Bongo aux élections municipales", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), May 4, 2008 (French).
- ^ "Composition du nouveau gouvernement gabonais", Panapress (Afrik.com), October 8, 2008 (French).
- ^ a b "Gabon government reappointed after resignation", AFP, June 19, 2009.
- ^ a b "Gabon: Jeu de chaises musicales dans le remaniement du gouvernement gabonais", Gabonews, June 20, 2009 (French).
- ^ "Gabon: « La procédure arrêtée pour sélectionner le candidat dans notre parti n’a pas été respectée », Jean Eyeghé Ndong (Premier Ministre démissionnaire)", Gabonews, 17 July 2009 (French).
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