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Omar Bongo

1935 - 2009

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Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected the second vice president in his own right in 1966. In 1967, after M'ba's death, he became the country's president. Bongo headed the single-party regime of the PDG until 1990, when, faced with public pressure, he was forced to introduce multi-party politics into Gabon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Omar Bongo is the 2,660th most popular politician (down from 1,386th in 2019), the most popular biography from Gabon and the most popular Gabonese Politician.

Omar Bongo was a president of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. He was most famous for his lavish lifestyle, which included owning a private jet and a yacht.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Omar Bongo ranks 2,660 out of 19,576. Before him are Guillermo Lasso, Cao Rui, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and Rusudan of Georgia. After him are Al-Walid II, Liu Shan, Stefan Milutin, Auguste Mariette, Muhammad bin Saud, and Prince William of Hesse-Kassel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Omar Bongo ranks 36. Before him are John Cazale, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Ei-ichi Negishi, Harvey J. Alter, Mercedes Sosa, and Bibi Andersson. After him are Mylène Demongeot, Gherman Titov, Charles Koch, Sylvia Earle, Jim Peebles, and Ryke Geerd Hamer. Among people deceased in 2009, Omar Bongo ranks 22. Before him are Sydney Chaplin, Abdurrahman Wahid, Mercedes Sosa, Farrah Fawcett, Amin al-Hafiz, and Vitaly Ginzburg. After him are Les Paul, Karl Malden, Raúl Alfonsín, Milorad Pavić, Robert F. Furchgott, and João Bernardo Vieira.

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In Gabon

Among people born in Gabon, Omar Bongo ranks 1 out of 37. After him are François Bozizé (1946), Léon M'ba (1902), Rose Francine Rogombé (1942), Brice Oligui Nguema (1975), Raymond Ndong Sima (1955), Casimir Oyé-Mba (1942), Jean Ping (1942), Jean Eyeghé Ndong (1946), Patrice Trovoada (1962), Rose Christiane Raponda (1964), and Léon Mébiame (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In Gabon

Among politicians born in Gabon, Omar Bongo ranks 1. After him are François Bozizé (1946), Léon M'ba (1902), Rose Francine Rogombé (1942), Raymond Ndong Sima (1955), Casimir Oyé-Mba (1942), Jean Ping (1942), Jean Eyeghé Ndong (1946), Patrice Trovoada (1962), Rose Christiane Raponda (1964), Léon Mébiame (1934), and Daniel Ona Ondo (1945).

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