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'''Franck Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet''' (born 2 April 1961<ref name=Prend>[http://gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=9586 "Gabon : Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet prend ses fonctions à l’ONU"], Gaboneco, 26 August 2008 {{fr icon}}.</ref>) is a [[Gabon]]ese diplomat and politician who has been [[Prime Minister of Gabon]] since September 2016.
'''Franck Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet''' (born 2 April 1961<ref name=Prend>[http://gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=9586 "Gabon : Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet prend ses fonctions à l’ONU"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113162247/http://gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=9586 |date=2010-01-13 }}, Gaboneco, 26 August 2008 {{fr icon}}.</ref>) is a [[Gabon]]ese diplomat and politician who has been [[Prime Minister of Gabon]] since September 2016.


A career diplomat, Issoze-Ngondet was Gabon's Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] from August 2008 to January 2009. Afterwards he served in the government of Gabon as Minister of Energy from January 2009 to June 2009 and then briefly as Minister of Relations with Parliament in mid-2009. He was again appointed as Permanent Representative to the UN in November 2009. In March 2010, Issoze-Ngondet was the [[President of the United Nations Security Council]].
A career diplomat, Issoze-Ngondet was Gabon's Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]] from August 2008 to January 2009. Afterwards he served in the government of Gabon as Minister of Energy from January 2009 to June 2009 and then briefly as Minister of Relations with Parliament in mid-2009. He was again appointed as Permanent Representative to the UN in November 2009. In March 2010, Issoze-Ngondet was the [[President of the United Nations Security Council]].
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==Diplomatic and political career==
==Diplomatic and political career==
Born in [[Makokou]],<ref name=Prend/><ref name=UN>[https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/bio4013.doc.htm "New Permanent Representative of Gabon presents credentials"], United Nations press release, BIO/4013, 25 August 2008.</ref> Issoze-Ngondet is a member of the [[Kota people (Gabon)|Bakota]] ethnic group.<ref>[http://www.africaintelligence.fr/C/modules/login/DetailArt/LoginDetailArt.asp?rub=login&lang=FRA&service=BRE&context=BOI&doc_i_id=54789451 "Un gouvernement hypertrophié à l'horizon déjà très bouché..."], ''La Lettre du Continent'', number 556, Africa Intelligence, 16 January 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> He began working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in 1988; initially he was an Adviser to the Ministry, and he was then Studies Officer (''Chargé d'études'') at the Division of Treaties and International Conventions<ref name=Prend/><ref name=UN/> from 1988 to 1990. He was posted in [[Yaoundé]] as Cultural Counsellor at Gabon's Embassy to [[Cameroon]] from 1990 to 1991, and he was First Counsellor at the Embassy to the [[United Kingdom]] from 1991 to 1993. Subsequently he was First Counsellor at the Embassy to [[Canada]] from 1993 to 1994 and First Counsellor at the Embassy to [[Germany]] from 1994 to 1997.<ref name=UN/>
Born in [[Makokou]],<ref name=Prend/><ref name=UN>[https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/bio4013.doc.htm "New Permanent Representative of Gabon presents credentials"], United Nations press release, BIO/4013, 25 August 2008.</ref> Issoze-Ngondet is a member of the [[Kota people (Gabon)|Bakota]] ethnic group.<ref>[http://www.africaintelligence.fr/C/modules/login/DetailArt/LoginDetailArt.asp?rub=login&lang=FRA&service=BRE&context=BOI&doc_i_id=54789451 "Un gouvernement hypertrophié à l'horizon déjà très bouché..."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722075817/http://www.africaintelligence.fr/C/modules/login/DetailArt/LoginDetailArt.asp?rub=login&lang=FRA&service=BRE&context=BOI&doc_i_id=54789451 |date=2011-07-22 }}, ''La Lettre du Continent'', number 556, Africa Intelligence, 16 January 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> He began working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in 1988; initially he was an Adviser to the Ministry, and he was then Studies Officer (''Chargé d'études'') at the Division of Treaties and International Conventions<ref name=Prend/><ref name=UN/> from 1988 to 1990. He was posted in [[Yaoundé]] as Cultural Counsellor at Gabon's Embassy to [[Cameroon]] from 1990 to 1991, and he was First Counsellor at the Embassy to the [[United Kingdom]] from 1991 to 1993. Subsequently he was First Counsellor at the Embassy to [[Canada]] from 1993 to 1994 and First Counsellor at the Embassy to [[Germany]] from 1994 to 1997.<ref name=UN/>


Issoze-Ngondet was the Foreign Ministry's Director for the Americas from 1997 to 1998 and was its Director for Europe from 1998 to 2000. He was then posted in [[Seoul]] as Ambassador to [[South Korea]] from 2000 to 2006; during that time, he was additionally accredited as Ambassador to [[Thailand]] beginning in 2003 and as Ambassador to the [[Philippines]] beginning in 2004.<ref name=UN/>
Issoze-Ngondet was the Foreign Ministry's Director for the Americas from 1997 to 1998 and was its Director for Europe from 1998 to 2000. He was then posted in [[Seoul]] as Ambassador to [[South Korea]] from 2000 to 2006; during that time, he was additionally accredited as Ambassador to [[Thailand]] beginning in 2003 and as Ambassador to the [[Philippines]] beginning in 2004.<ref name=UN/>
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In June 2006, Issoze-Ngondet was posted to [[Addis Ababa]] as Ambassador to [[Ethiopia]] as well as Permanent Representative to the [[African Union]], the [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]], and the [[United Nations Environment Programme]]. He was additionally appointed as Ambassador to [[Kenya]] in August 2007, while continuing to reside in Addis Ababa.<ref name=UN/> During the same period, Issoze-Ngondet was also the Chairman of the African Union's Sub-Committee on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons.<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220224/d0cc44766b4a671855d00f0f7f4ca0c1.htm "ICRC president visits African Union headquarters"], International Committee of the Red Cross, 8 November 2007.</ref> Amidst discussions regarding the creation of a [[United States of Africa]] in early 2008, he suggested that [[Gabon]]'s place in the proposed continental state could be comparable to [[California]]'s place in the United States. Acknowledging with amusement that Gabon was not comparable to California in size, he then suggested that it might instead be comparable to [[Los Angeles]].<ref>Anita Powell, [http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Feb02/0,4675,UnitedStatesofAfrica,00.html "Power politics confound US of Africa"], Associated Press, 2 February 2008.</ref>
In June 2006, Issoze-Ngondet was posted to [[Addis Ababa]] as Ambassador to [[Ethiopia]] as well as Permanent Representative to the [[African Union]], the [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]], and the [[United Nations Environment Programme]]. He was additionally appointed as Ambassador to [[Kenya]] in August 2007, while continuing to reside in Addis Ababa.<ref name=UN/> During the same period, Issoze-Ngondet was also the Chairman of the African Union's Sub-Committee on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons.<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220224/d0cc44766b4a671855d00f0f7f4ca0c1.htm "ICRC president visits African Union headquarters"], International Committee of the Red Cross, 8 November 2007.</ref> Amidst discussions regarding the creation of a [[United States of Africa]] in early 2008, he suggested that [[Gabon]]'s place in the proposed continental state could be comparable to [[California]]'s place in the United States. Acknowledging with amusement that Gabon was not comparable to California in size, he then suggested that it might instead be comparable to [[Los Angeles]].<ref>Anita Powell, [http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Feb02/0,4675,UnitedStatesofAfrica,00.html "Power politics confound US of Africa"], Associated Press, 2 February 2008.</ref>


After two years as Permanent Representative to the African Union, Issoze-Ngondet was sent to New York City as Permanent Representative to the United Nations, presenting his credentials to UN Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] on 25 August 2008.<ref name=Prend/><ref name=UN/> He was Permanent Representative to the UN for only a few months before being appointed to the Gabonese government as Minister of Energy, Hydraulic Resources, and New Energies on 14 January 2009.<ref>[http://www.infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=3055 "Gabon : Frank Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet intègre la nouvelle équipe gouvernementale"], InfosPlus Gabon, 22 January 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> Following the death of President [[Omar Bongo]] on 8 June 2009, he was moved to the post of Minister of Relations with Parliament and the Constitutional Institutions on 19 June 2009;<ref>[http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2007.php?Article=7902 "Gabon: Composition du nouveau Gouvernement de Jean Eyeghé Ndong, reconduit dans ses fonctions"], Gabonews, 20 June 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> however, he was dismissed from the government a month later, on 22 July 2009.<ref>[http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200907230192.html "Six ministres absents sur la liste de la nouvelle équipe gouvernementale"], Gabonews, 22 July 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref>
After two years as Permanent Representative to the African Union, Issoze-Ngondet was sent to New York City as Permanent Representative to the United Nations, presenting his credentials to UN Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] on 25 August 2008.<ref name=Prend/><ref name=UN/> He was Permanent Representative to the UN for only a few months before being appointed to the Gabonese government as Minister of Energy, Hydraulic Resources, and New Energies on 14 January 2009.<ref>[http://www.infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=3055 "Gabon : Frank Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet intègre la nouvelle équipe gouvernementale"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105050924/http://infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=3055 |date=2010-01-05 }}, InfosPlus Gabon, 22 January 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> Following the death of President [[Omar Bongo]] on 8 June 2009, he was moved to the post of Minister of Relations with Parliament and the Constitutional Institutions on 19 June 2009;<ref>[http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2007.php?Article=7902 "Gabon: Composition du nouveau Gouvernement de Jean Eyeghé Ndong, reconduit dans ses fonctions"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621182709/http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2007.php?Article=7902 |date=2009-06-21 }}, Gabonews, 20 June 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> however, he was dismissed from the government a month later, on 22 July 2009.<ref>[http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200907230192.html "Six ministres absents sur la liste de la nouvelle équipe gouvernementale"], Gabonews, 22 July 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref>


At the time of the [[Gabonese presidential election, 2009|August 2009 presidential election]], Issoze-Ngondet was the coordinator of [[Ali Bongo Ondimba|Ali Bongo]]'s campaign in [[Ogooué-Ivindo Province]].<ref>Désiré Clitandre Dzonteu, [http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200908190252.html "Ali Bongo Ondimba à Makokou - « j'ai besoin de vous pour réaliser l'avenir du pays »"], Gabonews, 18 August 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> After Bongo won the election, he appointed Issoze-Ngondet to his former post as Permanent Representative to the UN on 5 November 2009.<ref>[http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200911060853.html "Gabon: Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet renoue avec l’ONU"], Gabonews, 6 November 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref>
At the time of the [[Gabonese presidential election, 2009|August 2009 presidential election]], Issoze-Ngondet was the coordinator of [[Ali Bongo Ondimba|Ali Bongo]]'s campaign in [[Ogooué-Ivindo Province]].<ref>Désiré Clitandre Dzonteu, [http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200908190252.html "Ali Bongo Ondimba à Makokou - « j'ai besoin de vous pour réaliser l'avenir du pays »"], Gabonews, 18 August 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref> After Bongo won the election, he appointed Issoze-Ngondet to his former post as Permanent Representative to the UN on 5 November 2009.<ref>[http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200911060853.html "Gabon: Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet renoue avec l’ONU"], Gabonews, 6 November 2009 {{fr icon}}.</ref>

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Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet
10th Prime Minister of Gabon
Assumed office
29 September 2016
PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba
Preceded byDaniel Ona Ondo
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
28 February 2012 – 28 September 2016
Prime MinisterRaymond Ndong Sima
Daniel Ona Ondo
Preceded byPaul Toungui
Succeeded byPacôme Moubelet-Boubeya
Personal details
Born (1961-04-02) 2 April 1961 (age 63)
Makokou, Gabon
Political partyDemocratic Party

Franck Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (born 2 April 1961[1]) is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who has been Prime Minister of Gabon since September 2016.

A career diplomat, Issoze-Ngondet was Gabon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2008 to January 2009. Afterwards he served in the government of Gabon as Minister of Energy from January 2009 to June 2009 and then briefly as Minister of Relations with Parliament in mid-2009. He was again appointed as Permanent Representative to the UN in November 2009. In March 2010, Issoze-Ngondet was the President of the United Nations Security Council.

Issoze-Ngondet was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 28 February 2012. After more than four years in that post, he was appointed as Prime Minister on 28 September 2016.

Diplomatic and political career

Born in Makokou,[1][2] Issoze-Ngondet is a member of the Bakota ethnic group.[3] He began working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in 1988; initially he was an Adviser to the Ministry, and he was then Studies Officer (Chargé d'études) at the Division of Treaties and International Conventions[1][2] from 1988 to 1990. He was posted in Yaoundé as Cultural Counsellor at Gabon's Embassy to Cameroon from 1990 to 1991, and he was First Counsellor at the Embassy to the United Kingdom from 1991 to 1993. Subsequently he was First Counsellor at the Embassy to Canada from 1993 to 1994 and First Counsellor at the Embassy to Germany from 1994 to 1997.[2]

Issoze-Ngondet was the Foreign Ministry's Director for the Americas from 1997 to 1998 and was its Director for Europe from 1998 to 2000. He was then posted in Seoul as Ambassador to South Korea from 2000 to 2006; during that time, he was additionally accredited as Ambassador to Thailand beginning in 2003 and as Ambassador to the Philippines beginning in 2004.[2]

In June 2006, Issoze-Ngondet was posted to Addis Ababa as Ambassador to Ethiopia as well as Permanent Representative to the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the United Nations Environment Programme. He was additionally appointed as Ambassador to Kenya in August 2007, while continuing to reside in Addis Ababa.[2] During the same period, Issoze-Ngondet was also the Chairman of the African Union's Sub-Committee on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons.[4] Amidst discussions regarding the creation of a United States of Africa in early 2008, he suggested that Gabon's place in the proposed continental state could be comparable to California's place in the United States. Acknowledging with amusement that Gabon was not comparable to California in size, he then suggested that it might instead be comparable to Los Angeles.[5]

After two years as Permanent Representative to the African Union, Issoze-Ngondet was sent to New York City as Permanent Representative to the United Nations, presenting his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 25 August 2008.[1][2] He was Permanent Representative to the UN for only a few months before being appointed to the Gabonese government as Minister of Energy, Hydraulic Resources, and New Energies on 14 January 2009.[6] Following the death of President Omar Bongo on 8 June 2009, he was moved to the post of Minister of Relations with Parliament and the Constitutional Institutions on 19 June 2009;[7] however, he was dismissed from the government a month later, on 22 July 2009.[8]

At the time of the August 2009 presidential election, Issoze-Ngondet was the coordinator of Ali Bongo's campaign in Ogooué-Ivindo Province.[9] After Bongo won the election, he appointed Issoze-Ngondet to his former post as Permanent Representative to the UN on 5 November 2009.[10]

Issoze-Ngondet was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Paul Toungui, on 28 February 2012.[11] He was promoted to the rank of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, La Francophonie and Regional Integration on 11 September 2015.[12][13] Following the disputed re-election of President Bongo in the August 2016 presidential election, Bongo appointed Issoze-Ngondet as Prime Minister on 28 September 2016.[14][15] He took office at a ceremony on 29 September 2016, succeeding Daniel Ona Ondo.[16]

The new government headed by Issoze Ngondet was appointed on 2 October 2016. Despite Bongo's earlier statements about forming an inclusive government, representatives of the opposition were largely absent; although Bruno Ben Moubamba, who placed a distant third in the election, was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, no one associated with the main opposition leader, Jean Ping, was included in the 40-member government.[17][18]

Issoze Ngondet participated in the 2017 national political dialogue as a representative of the governing majority and acted one of the two co-presidents for the majority, along with Faustin Boukoubi.[19]

Personal life and other activities

As of 2008, Issoze-Ngondet is married with five children.[2] He wrote a French language novel, An Ascetic in the Court (Un Ascète dans la cour), which was published by L'Harmattan[1][20] on 14 February 2007.[20] A career diplomat, he speaks English in addition to French.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gabon : Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet prend ses fonctions à l’ONU" Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, Gaboneco, 26 August 2008 Template:Fr icon.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "New Permanent Representative of Gabon presents credentials", United Nations press release, BIO/4013, 25 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Un gouvernement hypertrophié à l'horizon déjà très bouché..." Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, La Lettre du Continent, number 556, Africa Intelligence, 16 January 2009 Template:Fr icon.
  4. ^ "ICRC president visits African Union headquarters", International Committee of the Red Cross, 8 November 2007.
  5. ^ Anita Powell, "Power politics confound US of Africa", Associated Press, 2 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Gabon : Frank Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet intègre la nouvelle équipe gouvernementale" Archived 2010-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, InfosPlus Gabon, 22 January 2009 Template:Fr icon.
  7. ^ "Gabon: Composition du nouveau Gouvernement de Jean Eyeghé Ndong, reconduit dans ses fonctions" Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, Gabonews, 20 June 2009 Template:Fr icon.
  8. ^ "Six ministres absents sur la liste de la nouvelle équipe gouvernementale", Gabonews, 22 July 2009 Template:Fr icon.
  9. ^ Désiré Clitandre Dzonteu, "Ali Bongo Ondimba à Makokou - « j'ai besoin de vous pour réaliser l'avenir du pays »", Gabonews, 18 August 2009 Template:Fr icon.
  10. ^ "Gabon: Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet renoue avec l’ONU", Gabonews, 6 November 2009 Template:Fr icon.
  11. ^ "Gabon: formation d'un nouveau gouvernement", Agence France-Presse, 28 February 2012 Template:Fr icon.
  12. ^ "Communique de presse - Nouveau gouvernement du 11 Septembre 2015", Gabonews, 11 September 2015 Template:Fr icon.
  13. ^ "Remaniement ministériel : Entre changements et chamboulements !", Gaboneco, 13 September 2015 Template:Fr icon.
  14. ^ "Gabon president Bongo names new prime minister", Reuters, 28 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Gabon : Emmanuel Issoze Ngodet nommé Premier ministre", Agence Gabonaise de Presse, 28 September 2016 Template:Fr icon.
  16. ^ "Gabon : Emmanuel Issozé Ngondet prend officiellement ses fonctions", Agence Gabonaise de Presse, 30 September 2016 Template:Fr icon.
  17. ^ "Gabon unveils 'inclusive' government after poll violence", Agence France-Presse, 3 October 2016.
  18. ^ "Gabon : Liste complète du nouveau gouvernement, dit d’ouverture", Agence Gabonaise de Presse, 3 October 2016 Template:Fr icon.
  19. ^ Mathieu Olivier, "Gabon : participants, durée, objectifs… Ce qu’il faut savoir sur le dialogue politique", Jeune Afrique, 29 March 2017 Template:Fr icon.
  20. ^ a b "Un ascète dans la cour", Rue des Livres Template:Fr icon.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Gabon
2016–present 		Incumbent
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