Jean-Félix Mamalepot (December 28, 1940 – December 12, 2012) was a

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

ese banker who was Governor of the

Bank of Central African States The Bank of Central African States (, BEAC; ) is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and ...

(BEAC) from 1990 to 2007."Gabon : Jean Félix Mamalepot quitte la tête de la BEAC"
, InfoPlusGabon, May 1, 2007 .

Life and career

Mamalepot was born at Mbabiri in the

Haut-Ogooué Province Haut-Ogooué is the southeasternmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It is named after the Ogooué River. It covers an area of . The provincial capital is Franceville. One of its primary industries is mining, with manganese, gold and uranium bein ...

of Gabon;"Mamalepot Jean-Félix", ''Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 4
Africa Intelligence
March 5, 2002 . he was a member of the Kota ethnic group. He was educated in France and joined the Bank of the States of Equatorial Africa and Cameroon in 1968. In 1970, he joined the Gabonese Development Bank as Deputy Director-General and then as Director-General, remaining in that post until 1990. He briefly served as Finance Adviser to Prime Minister

Casimir Oyé-Mba Casimir Marie Ange Oyé-Mba (20 April 1942 – 16 September 2021) was a Gabonese politician. After serving as Governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) from 1978 to 1990, Oyé-Mba was Prime Minister of Gabon from 3 May 1990 to 2 Nove ...

in 1990. Prior to Oyé-Mba's appointment as Prime Minister of Gabon, he had been Governor of the BEAC, and Mamalepot was appointed to replace Oyé-Mba as BEAC Governor on July 24, 1990;Séverin Alega Mbele
"CEMAC: Jean Félix Mamalepot débarqué de la BEAC"
, Cameroon-info.net, April 26, 2007 . he took over that post in October 1990. The Conference of the Heads of State of the

Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa, generally referred to by its French acronym CEMAC (for Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale; ), is an organization of states of Central Africa established by Cameroon, C ...

(CEMAC) decided to replace Mamalepot as BEAC Governor in April 2007. He was instead appointed as High Commissioner to the Presidency of Gabon, in charge of the establishment of the

Mandji Free Zone Lastoursville or Mandji is a city in east-central Gabon, lying on the Ogooué River, the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It was founded as a slave depot named ''Mandji'', renamed ''Maadiville'' in 1883 before being named for François Ri ...

—a special economic area on the island of

Mandji Lastoursville or Mandji is a city in east-central Gabon, lying on the Ogooué River, the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It was founded as a slave depot named ''Mandji'', renamed ''Maadiville'' in 1883 before being named for François Ri ...

Port-Gentil Port-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and it is a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta. Nearby Cape Lopez is Gabon's weste ...

—on June 21, 2007. Subsequently, Mamalepot was elected for a three-year term as President of the Council of Administration of the National Health Insurance and Social Security Fund (''Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie et de garantie sociale'') on 26 November 2008. He was hospitalized in

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at the ''

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'' in November 2012, and he died at his home in

Libreville Libreville (; ) is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies of the northwestern province of Estuaire Province, Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. A ...

on 12 December 2012.Georges Dougueli
"Gabon : Jean-Félix Mamalepot est décédé"
''Jeune Afrique'', 13 December 2012 .

References

1940 births 2012 deaths People from Ogooué-Maritime Province Governors of the Bank of Central African States Gabonese bankers 21st-century Gabonese businesspeople {{gabon-bio-stub