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René-Dambert Ndouane is a Congolese politician who served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Tourism from 1997 to 1999 and as Minister of Labour from 1999 to 2002. He was Second Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and First Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017.

Political career

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After Denis Sassou Nguesso returned to power at the conclusion of the June–October 1997 civil war, he appointed Ndouane to the government as Minister of Tourism and the Environment on 2 November 1997.[1][2] Ndouane was moved to the post of Minister of Labour and Social Security on 12 January 1999.[3] He opened a regional directorate of the Civil Servant Retirement Fund at Ouesso on 31 May 2000.[4]

In the May–June 2002 parliamentary election, Ndouane was elected to the National Assembly as the candidate of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in Sembé constituency, located in Sangha Region; he won the seat in the first round, receiving 54.41% of the vote.[5] When the National Assembly began meeting, Ndouane was elected as Second Vice-President of the National Assembly on 10 August 2002;[6] André Okombi Salissa was appointed to replace him as Minister of Labour on 18 August 2002.[7] In the National Assembly, Ndouane was also assigned responsibility for handling inter-parliamentary relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union on 23 August 2002.[8] He was succeeded by Okombi Salissa at the Ministry of Labour on 26 August 2002.[9]

In the June–August 2007 parliamentary election, Ndouane stood for re-election as the PCT candidate in Sembé; he faced Norbert Constant Zaba, who was also a PCT member but stood in the election as an independent candidate. Ndouane placed first in the first round of voting, receiving 40.99% of the vote against 32.44% for Zaba; however, Zaba defeated Ndouane in the second round,[10] receiving 55.70% of the vote.[11] Some believed that the official result was fraudulent;[12][13] Ndouane argued that the official result declared by the Ministry of Territorial Administration was based on incomplete and false information, and a report of the results given by an official at the Sangha electoral commission showed Ndouane as the winner, with 53.56% of the vote.[13] Ndouane appealed to the Constitutional Court, but his appeal was rejected on 26 October 2007.[14]

At the PCT's Sixth Extraordinary Congress, held in July 2011, Ndouane was elected to the PCT's 471-member Central Committee[15] and designated as a member of the PCT's National Control and Evaluation Commission.[15][16]

After five years out of the National Assembly, Ndouane stood again as the PCT's candidate for Sembé constituency in the July–August 2012 parliamentary election; he won the seat in the first round of voting,[17][18] receiving 84.79% of the vote.[18] On 5 September 2012, when the deputies met to choose the members of the National Assembly's bureau for the new parliamentary term, Ndouane was elected as First Vice-President of the National Assembly; he received 132 votes from the 138 deputies who voted.[19]

Ndouane met with a delegation from the United Nations Development Programme on 2 August 2013 for a discussion about renewable energy.[20] He met with the visiting Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani, on 8 March 2014 to discuss cooperation between Congo-Brazzaville and Iran.[21]

In the July 2017 parliamentary election, Ndouane stood for re-election as the PCT candidate in Sembe. He placed second, with 36% of the vote, in the first round of voting, behind PCAP candidate Joseph Bembi Membo, who received 40%.[22][23] He won the seat in the second round of voting.[24] Nevertheless, he did not receive a post in the Bureau of the National Assembly when the legislature began meeting for the new parliamentary term on 19 August 2017.[25][26]

References

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  1. ^ Emmanuel Okamba, La gouvernance, une affaire de société: Analyse mythiumétrique de la performance (2010), L'Harmattan, page 176 (in French).
  2. ^ Paul Soni-Benga, Les dessous de la guerre du Congo-Brazzaville (1998), L'Harmattan, page 275 (in French).
  3. ^ "Le nouveau gouvernement du Congo" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 13 January 1999 (in French).
  4. ^ Serges Ikiemi, Le système bancaire du Congo-Brazzaville: Organisation et perspectives (2006), L'Harmattan, page 61 (in French).
  5. ^ "Elections législatives : les 51 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 5 June 2002 (in French).
  6. ^ "Jean-Pierre Thystère-Tchikaya élu président de l’Assemblée nationale", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 10 August 2002 (in French).
  7. ^ "La composition du nouveau gouvernement congolais", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 19 August 2002 (in French).
  8. ^ "Assemblée nationale : mise en place des bureaux des commissions permanentes et clôture de la session inaugurale", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 26 August 2002 (in French).
  9. ^ "Le nouveau ministre du Travail prend officiellement ses fonctions", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 27 August 2002 (in French).
  10. ^ Etanislas Ngodi, Enjeu électoral et recomposition politique au Congo-Brazzaville (2009), L'Harmattan, page 284 (in French).
  11. ^ "Les résultats des élections législatives, avant l'examen des contentieux électoraux", La Semaine Africaine, number 2,720, 21 August 2007, page 7 (in French).
  12. ^ Michel-Ange Tsiba, Pourquoi la violence refuse l'état et la république au Congo Brazzaville: le processus démocratique liquidé (2009), Publibook, page 56, note 45 (in French).
  13. ^ a b J.C. Ossengue, "Circonscription de Sembé (département de la Sangha): Deuxième tour des élections législatives 2007: la victoire volée de Dambert René Ndouane", La Semaine Africaine, number 2721, 24 August 2007, page 6 (in French).
  14. ^ "Verdict de la Cour constitutionnelle : reprise du scrutin législatif dans quatre circonscriptions électorales", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 27 October 2007 (in French).
  15. ^ a b "Membres de comité central du PCT élus par le VIe congrés" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,294, 29 July 2011, page 4 (in French).
  16. ^ Joël Nsoni, "Denis Sassou Nguesso aux congressistes du P.c.t : «Les élections ne se gagnent pas dans les bureaux. Elles se gagnent sur le terrain»", La Semaine Africaine, 30 July 2011 (in French).
  17. ^ "Liste des élus au premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,539, 23 July 2012, page 8 (in French).
  18. ^ a b "Résultats du premier tour des élections législatives 2012", La Semaine Africaine, 24 July 2012 (in French).
  19. ^ "Assemblée nationale: Justin Koumba veut des réformes en matière de gouvernance", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,570, 6 September 2012, page 1 (in French).
  20. ^ Jean-Jacques Koubemba, "Parlement congolais : Dambert René Ndouane reçoit une délégation du Pnud et une délégation chinoise", ADIAC, 3 August 2013 (in French).
  21. ^ Josiane Mambou Loukoula, "Coopération : un groupe d’amitié Congo-Iran s'est constitué", ADIAC, 10 March 2014 (in French).
  22. ^ Roger Ngombé, "Les grands duels du second tour des élections législatives 2017", ADIAC, 25 July 2017 (in French).
  23. ^ "Les résultats tels que publiés par le ministre de l’intérieur et de la décentralisation", La Semaine Africaine, number 3,711, 25 July 2017, page 15 (in French).
  24. ^ "Les résultats du second tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 4 August 2017, page 3 (in French).
  25. ^ Bertrand Boukaka, "Congo – Assemblée Nationale : Isidore Mvouba accède au perchoir", Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville, 19 August 2017 (in French).
  26. ^ Firmin Oyé, "Parlement : Isidore Mvouba élu président de l’Assemblée nationale", ADIAC, 20 August 2017 (in French).
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