Yvette Ngwevilo Rekangalt is a dynamic
Gabon
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ese businesswoman, bankruptcy lawyer (
law administrator) for the court of Libreville, human rights leader. She worked for 25 years as a jurist in the oil and gas industry. She has been a member of the
African Union
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's
Economic, Social and Cultural Council
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representing
Central Africa
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for three terms, as well as chairperson of the
Infrastructure and Energy Committee
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The Chairperson of the Committee is Gowtam Raj Chintaram of Ma ...
. She ran for office during the 2009 Gabonese election before vanishing from the political scene after the results. She is still very active in business and social activities.
Education
She studied law at
Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne.
Early life
Yvette Ngwevilo Rekangalt comes from Enyonga, a village on the Ogooué river in
Ogooué-Maritime Province
Ogooué-Maritime is the westernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 22,890 km. The provincial capital is Port-Gentil. It has a 2013 census population of 157,562.
The shores of Ogooué-Maritime are of the Gulf of Guinea to ...
. She comes from a very humble background and has lived in poverty which has made her a persistent businesswoman.
Her older brother, Martin Rekangalt, held a high ranking position in the Gabonese SENAT after his diplomatic career as ambassador in Belgium and head of the Gabonese mission to the European Commission.
Early career
She started her career in oil and gas with
Elf (later became
Total S.A.) in its
headquarters
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in
Paris
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. She was then muted to Port-Gentil before settling in the country's headquarter in Libreville. She stayed 22 years at Total Gabon, where she was in charge of oil and gas contracts, internal and external relations, before starting her consulting company.
Consultancy role
Yvette Ngwevilo played has been a support consultant for a number of local and international organizations such as the NEPAD World Bank, The International Heath Organization, The International Center for Trade and International Development
Current activities
Subsequent to starting her consulting firm, Yenore in Gabon and France, Yvette Ngwevilo Rekangalt was sworn in as bankruptcy trustee for the Law Court of Libreville on august 13th.
Associations
* Member of the Interim Standing Committee (
ECOSOCC
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) of the
African Union
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.
* President of the National Planned Parenthood Federation
* Former President of the Economical, Cultural and Social Council
* Président of Sauvegarde de l'Enfance - SOS Mwana
* Nation and Regional Committee for Negotiations of the economical partnerships agreements member for seven years
* Steering committee member of the program Gabon 2025
* Served one term as the African Union's
Economic, Social and Cultural Council
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member
* Served three mandates at Gabonese National Economic, Social and Cultural Council
* Member of the
African Women's Development and Communication Network
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FEMNET helps non-government organizations share information and approaches on women's ...
* Founding member of the Gabonese National Association of Women Lawyers
References
Economic, Social and Cultural Council Standing Committee members
Living people
Gabonese women in politics
21st-century women politicians
Human rights in Gabon
1956 births
21st-century Gabonese people
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