Gabriel Entcha-Ebia (born 24 August 1956) is a Congolese politician. He served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of the Civil Service from 2002 to 2005, as Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2007, and as Minister of Post and Telecommunication in 2007. He was Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to

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from 2009 to 2012 and Ambassador to the

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from 2012 to 2017.

Career

Born at

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, Entcha-Ebia studied in

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and became a magistrate.Désirée Hermione Ngoma, "Gabriel Entcha-Ebia publie un ouvrage sur les institutions du Congo", ''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 12 August 2010 . He was Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court from 1998 to 2002. Associated with

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, a nephew of President

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and a powerful presidential adviser, Entcha-Ebia was appointed to the government as Minister of the Civil Service and State Reform on 18 August 2002. He was transferred to the post of Minister of Justice and Human Rights on 7 January 2005. After two years as Minister of Justice, Entcha-Ebia was instead appointed as Minister of Post and Telecommunications and New Communication Technologies on 3 March 2007. However, he remained in that post for less than a year; he was dismissed from the government on 30 December 2007. Subsequently, Entcha-Ebia was appointed as Ambassador to Nigeria; he presented his credentials to Nigerian President

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on 2 April 2009. He also published a book entitled ''800 Days at the Ministry of the Civil Service and State Reform'' (''Huit cents jours au ministère de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme de l'État'') in 2009, followed by a book about Congolese state institutions, ''The Institutions of the Republic of Congo'' (''Les Institutions de la République du Congo''), in 2010. Prior to the sixth extraordinary congress of the ruling

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(PCT) in July 2011, Entcha-Ebia merged his minor political party, MURC, into the PCT; various other minor parties merged into the PCT at the same time. After three years as Ambassador to Nigeria, Entcha-Ebia was appointed as Ambassador to the Central African Republic"Décret n° 2012-395 du 3 mai 2012"
, ''Journal officiel de la République du Congo'', number 19–2012, 10 May 2012, page 403 . on 3 May 2012. As part of a restructuring of Congolese diplomacy, Entcha-Ebia was one of 16 ambassadors who were dismissed from their posts and recalled on 25 January 2017.Trésor Kibangula
"Congo : pourquoi Brazzaville a rappelé 16 de ses ambassadeurs"
''Jeune Afrique'', 7 February 2017 .

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