| LC control no. | n 81118780 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bongo, Omar, 1935-2009 |
| Variant(s) | Bongo, Albert Bernard, 1935-2009 Bongo, Omar, El Hadj, 1935-2009 Bongo Ondimba, Omar, 1935-2009 Ondimba, Omar Bongo, 1935-2009 |
| Associated country | Gabon |
| Birth date | 1935-12-30 |
| Death date | 2009-06-08 |
| Place of birth | Lewaï (Gabon) |
| Place of death | Barcelona (Spain) |
| Affiliation | Gabon. Présidence de la République Parti démocratique gabonais |
| Profession or occupation | Presidents Politicians |
| Found in | His Gouverner le Gabon, 1968. His Les années qui viennent, 1987?: t.p. (El Hadj Omar Bongo) Nzouba-Ndama, G. Une ethique du pouvoir, 2008 (subj.) t.p. (Omar Bongo Ondimba) Wikipedia, Aug. 19, 2008: Omar Bongo (El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (b. Albert-Bernard Bongo on 30 Dec. 1935) became president of Gabon in 1967; in 1973, Bongo converted to Islam, taking the name Omar Bongo. In 2003 he added Ondimba as his surname); June 8, 2009 (d. June 8, 2009, Barcelona) Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (WW Africa, 1977 (Bongo, Omar, formerly Albert Bernard)) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bongo, Omar (Albert-Bernard); president, political figure; born 1935 in Lewa{uml}i, Gabon; educated in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; was named assistant director of President Léon Mba's cabinet (1962); took office as vice president (1967); assumed the presidency (1967); declared Gabon a single-party state (1968), assuming the post of secretary general of the newly created Gabonese Democratic Party; the sole candidate, Bongo swept the 1973 and 1979 presidential election; assumed the post of secretary general of the newly created Gabonese Democratic Party; announced his conversion to Islam, changing his first name to Omar (1973); encouraged foreign investment; has been accused of financial extravagance; officially legalized opposition parties and created a transitional government, the Gabonese Social Democratic Grouping (1991); won the elections in 1993 and again in 1998; died 08 June 2009 in Barcelona, Spain) |
| Associated language | fre |
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