Bongo family
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The Bongo family is a Gabonese and Congolese political family of Teke ethnicity, some members are of Fang ethnicity, while some people related to the family are of Baskata people.[1] Three members of the Bongo extended family (Omar Bongo, Ali Bongo, and Brice Oligui Nguema) have ruled Gabon from 1967 until 2009 and again since 2009.[2][3] Omar served as president from 1967 until his death in 2009, and was succeeded in the presidency by his son Ali Bongo, who served until 2023 when he was overthrown by his cousin Brice Oligui Nguema in a coup.
Denis Sassou Nguesso, the current President of the Republic of the Congo, is related to the Bongo family through the marriage of his late daughter Edith Lucie to Omar Bongo.
| Denis Sassou Nguesso 1943–present r. 1979–1992[a] r. 1997–present[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edith Lucie Bongo 1964–2009 | Omar Bongo 1935–2009 r. 1967–2009 | Patience Dabany 1941–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvia Bongo Ondimba 1963–present | Ali Bongo 1959–present r. 2009–2023 | Albertine Amissa Bongo 1964–1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Noureddin Bongo Valentin | Jalil Bongo Valentin | Bilal Bongo Valentin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other members
- Brice Oligui Nguema is a maternal cousin of Ali Bongo.
- Louise Mouyabi Moukala was Omar Bongo's first wife.
- Pascaline Bongo Ondimba is a daughter of Omar Bongo. Bob Marley was her ex-partner but he isn't related to the Bongo family.
- Paul Toungui, husband of Pascaline Bongo Ondimba.
- Colonel Frédéric Bongo, half-brother of Ali Bongo.
- Brother of Oligui, Dieudonné Aba'A Oyono is the head of the Constitutional Court.[4]
- Zita Nyangue Oligui is the wife of Oligui.
- François Makoba father of Zita Nyangue Oligui.
- Irène Moussounda mother of Zita Nyangue Oligui.
- Régis Onanga Ndiaye is the brother-in-law of Brice Oligui Nguema.
- General Grégoire Kouna is a cousin of Ali Bongo.[5]
- Marie-Claire Dirat mother of Edith Bongo.
- Omar Denis Junior Bongo Ondimba son of Edith and Omar Bongo.[6]
- Yacine Queeni Bongo Ondimba son of Edith and Omar Bongo.[7]
- Inge Lynn Collins Bongo second wife of Ali Bongo.
- Malika Bongo daughter of Ali Bongo.
- Jérôme Dabany mother-in law of Omar Bongo.
- Véronique Nabibiga father-in law of Omar Bongo.
- Édouard Valentin father of Sylvia Bongo Ondimba.
- Aimée Baudier mother of Sylvia Bongo Ondimba.
- Elizabeth Bongo grandchild of Sylvia and Ali Bongo.
- Deborah Bongo grandchild of Sylvia and Ali Bongo.
- Dyah Bongo grandchild of Sylvia and Ali Bongo.
- Martin Bongo nephew of Omar Bongo.
- Léon Paul Ngoulakia cousin of Ali Bongo.
- Annick Aubierge Laffite mother of Malika Bongo Ondimba
- Emery Pierre Claver Ngoulakia father of Léon Paul Ngoulakia.
- Mpinoboumou Emma Rose mother of Léon Paul Ngoulakia.
- Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo former romantic partner of Omar Bongo.
- Chantal Myboto daughter of Zacharie Myboto.
- Zacharie Myboto
- Onaïda Maïsha Bongo Ondimba daughter of Chantal Myboto and Omar Bongo.
- Zainab Peeroo one of the many wives of Omar Bongo.
- Ahmed Bongo son of Zainab Peeroo and Omar Bongo.
- Yusuf Bongo son of Zainab Peeroo and Omar Bongo.
- Eleven siblings of Omar Bongo.
- Two children of Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo and Omar Bongo.
- Grace Bongo[8]
- Betty Bongo[9]
- Arthur Bongo[10]
- Hermine Bongo[11]
- Jeanne Matoua[12]
- Joseph Matoua[13]
- Other 14 children of Omar Bongo (It's rumored that he has combined 53 or 54 children).