Pacôme Moubelet-Boubeya (born 12 March 1963) is a Gabonese politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon from 2020 to 2022, he previously served in the same role from 2016 to 2017. He also was Minister of the Interior from 2015 to 2016.
Biography
He was born in
Bitam
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on 12 March 1963. In 1982, he earned a baccalauréat in Letters and philosophy at the lycée national
Léon M'ba
Gabriel Léon M'ba (9 February 1902 – 28 November 1967) was a Gabonese politician who served as both the first Prime Minister (1959–1961) and President (1961–1967) of Gabon.
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Ealing College
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. From 2012 to 2015 he was Chief of Staff of the President of the
Gabonese Democratic Party
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History
The party was established as the Gabonese Dem ...
. He was named Minister of Education in 2015.
As Minister of the Interior, Decentralization, and Public Security, he was responsible for explaining the rules of the
2016 presidential election
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to foreign observers. On August 30, 2016, he said of the presidential election, "any alleged result broadcast before, during or after the official proclamation is a lie and violation of the law." At the time of the post-election protests, he condemned the violence and accused
Jean Ping
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After Bongo was sworn in for another term, he appointed Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet as Prime Minister; Moubelet Boubeya was in turn appointed to succeed Issoze Ngondet as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
La Francophonie
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, Regional Integration, and Gabonese Abroad on October 2, 2016. He once again became Foreign Minister on 23 July 2020.
See also
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List of foreign ministers in 2017
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List of current foreign ministers
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