The Gabonese military has named General Oligui Nguéma Brice interim President after they deposed President Ali Bongo in a coup on August 30.
The announcement was made by the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), a group of Gabonese military leaders responsible for leading the coup.
Brice Oligui Nguema, a cousin of the ousted President Ali Bongo, was the head of Gabon’s Republican Guard, the unit responsible for protecting the head of state.
In a surprising move Malika Bongo Pereira, the daughter of deposed Gabonese President Ali Bongo congratulated coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema on becoming president on Facebook saying
My Congratulations to the new Transition President
his Excellency Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema #Gabon #transition2023
A group of Gabonese soldiers seen carrying General Oligui Nguéma Brice while shouting “Oligui president”
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema a short biography
- Born on 3 March 1975 in Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
- Through his mother, he is a cousin of former President Ali Bongo
- Studied at the Meknes Royal Military Academy in Morocco in 1997
- He is married to Zita Nyangue Oligui
- Aide-de-camp to President Omar Bongo until his death in 2009
- Military attaché at the Gabonese embassy in Morocco and then in Senegal (2009 – 2018)
- Head of the intelligence service of the Republican Guard (October 2018 – April 2019)
- Head of Gabon’s Republican Guard (2019 – August 2023)
- Led military coup that deposed President Ali Bongo
- Interim President of Gabon (30 August 2023- present)
- His brother-in-law Régis Onanga Ndiaye is his Minister for Foreign Affairs
