Ali Bongo Ondimba

Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo on February 9, 1959"BONGO Ali", GABON: LES HOMMES DE POUVOIR N°4, , 5 March 2002 .) is a Gabonese politician who has been President of Gabon since October 2009.

Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999; subsequently he was Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. He is a Vice-President of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) and was the PDG's candidate in the August 2009 presidential election, which followed his father's death.

Early life and political career

Bongo was born in Brazzaville as the son of Albert-Bernard Bongo (later Omar Bongo Ondimba) and Josephine Kama (later Patience Dabany). Being conceived 18 months before Albert-Bernard's marriage, he is widely rumoured to be Bongo's adopted son, After studying law, he entered politics, joining the PDG in 1981; he was elected to the PDG Central Committee at the party's Third...
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