Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo on
February 9,
1959 in
Brazzaville) is the
Defence Minister of
Gabon. He is the son of President
Omar Bongo and
Patience Dabany (born Josephine Kama).After having studied law, he entered politics in the 1980s, and worked in the office of his father. In 1989, while 29 years old, Ali Bongo became the
Foreign Minister of Gabon. Two years later, a constitutional amendment setting a minimum age of 35 for ministers resulted in his resignation. He became a member of parliament in 1998 for the
Gabonese Democratic Party, and Defence Minister one year later when aged 38. He also has a daughter, Malika Bongo Ondimba, and two sons, Noureddin Edouard Bongo Valentin and Jalil Louis Bongo Valentin.
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