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AffiliationGabonese Democrat    NameOmar Bongo Address
, ,"Par dessus-tout,sac longchamp, Gabon EmailNone WebsiteNone Born December 30, 1935 Died June 08, 2009 (73 years) ContributorPicimpalious Last ModifedMr. 2,109
Jun 09, 2009 02:32pm Tags InfoOmar Bongo was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. As a young official under President Leon M'ba in the 1960s,système fran, he rapidly rose to prominence and was given key responsibilities; in 1966, he became Vice-President,Sublime, and he succeeded M'ba as President upon the latter's death in 1967. Bongo headed the single-party regime of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) until 1990,Longchamp Le pliage Sac Hobo, when multi-party politics was introduced. He was re-elected in multiparty presidential elections held in 1993, 1998, and 2005. Although he faced intense opposition to his rule in the early 1990s, he was eventually successful in consolidating power again; most of the major opposition leaders of the 1990s came to support him and were given high-ranking posts in the government.

During Bongo's long rule, ethnic tensions were subdued and Gabon was generally stable and peaceful. The country benefited from its oil wealth, although most of the population remained impoverished and Bongo and his associates were routinely accused of serious corruption. After Cuban President Fidel Castro stepped down in February 2008, Bongo became the world's longest-serving ruler,longchamps, excluding monarchies.

Bongo's name was "Albert-Bernard Bongo" until he changed it in 1973.