| LC control no. | no 97037471 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rawiri, Georges |
| Associated country | Gabon |
| Birth date | 19320310 |
| Death date | 20060409 |
| Place of birth | Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Affiliation | R.T.G. Parti démocratique gabonais Gabon. Parlement. Sénat |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Poets Diplomats |
| Found in | Le train de la forêt vierge, ou, L'épopée du Transgabonais, 1983?: t.p. (Georges Rawiri) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Rawiri, Georges; politician, poet, diplomat; born 10 March 1932 in Lambarene, Gabon; received baccalaureate degree in France (1946) and undergraduate degree from the Studio school of the French government Radio station in Paris (1956); was appointed Gabonese minister of information (1964); became head of the state-run RTG network (1963); was ambassador to France (1965-1967) and to Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria (1967-1971); became leader of Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG); was appointed head of the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Economic Cooperation (1971-1985); held key positions within the Gabonese Freemasons; elected president of the Senate in Gabonese parliament (1997-2003); his most well-known literary work was "Chants du Gabon" (1975); died 09 April 2006 in Paris, France) |
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