Basile Ikouébé (born 1 July 1946 in
Congo-Brazzaville
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ...
) is a Congolese former ambassador who is Special representative of the President of the African Union Commission for the Great Lakes region, Head of the Liaison Office for Burundi since October 2017.
Diplomatic career
Previously, he held the following offices:
- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (2007 - 2015);
["Basile Ikouébé remplace Adada à la tête du ministère des Affaires étrangères et de la Francophonie"](_blank)
Agence France-Presse, 31 May 2007 .
- Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Congo to the
United Nations
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in New York (1998 - 2007);
- Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1996 - 1998);
["New permanent representative of Congo presents credentials"](_blank)
United Nations press release, BIO/3209, 11 December 1998.
- Itinerant Ambassador (1994 - 1996);
- Diplomatic Advisor, then, cumulatively; Minister-Chief of Cabinet of the
President of the Republic (1982 – 1992);
[Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'' (1997), Karthala Editions, page 292 (note 163) .]
- Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1977 - 1979);
- Chief of Staff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1975 - 1977).
Higher studies in Modern Literature, political science and international relations in Brazzaville, Bordeaux and Paris.
Married, father of 6 children.
See also
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Foreign relations of the Republic of the Congo
References
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1946 births
Living people
Ministers of foreign affairs of the Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo diplomats
Permanent representatives of the Republic of the Congo to the United Nations
Government ministers of the Republic of the Congo
Congolese Party of Labour politicians