General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema will on Saturday (today) take oath as President of Gabon at a colourful ceremony scheduled to be attended by various heads of state and government.
After taking oath, the 50-year General will rule for a seven-year mandate. He won more than 90% of the vote in the first post-coup election.
Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brings an end to dynastic rule of almost 56 years of the Bongo family which he ousted in August 2023.
Brice Oligui Nguema was born in the south-eastern province of Haut-Ogooué.
At a very young age, he joined Gabon’s powerful Republican Guard unit, having trained at Morocco’s prestigious Meknes Royal Military Academy in 1997.
He loves football and volleyball, speaks French and English, and is married with children.
Gen. Nguema visited Rwanda in October 2023 and immediately instructed his country’a Foreign ministry to launch an embassy in Rwanda as soon as possible.
