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Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959)〔"BONGO Ali", ''Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 4, (Africa Intelligence ), 5 March 2002 .〕 is a Gabonese politician who has been President of Gabon since October 2009. Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999; subsequently he was Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. He was the candidate of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) in the August 2009 presidential election, which followed his father's death.〔("Bongo's son to be Gabon candidate in August poll" ), AFP, 16 July 2009.〕 According to official results, he won the election with 42% of the vote.〔("Unrest as dictator's son declared winner in Gabon" ), Associated Press, 3 September 2009.〕 Bongo is also President of the PDG. ==Early life and political career== Ali Bongo was born in Brazzaville〔 as the son of Albert-Bernard Bongo (later Omar Bongo Ondimba) and Josephine Kama (later Patience Dabany). Being conceived 18 months before Albert-Bernard's marriage, he is widely rumoured to be Bongo's adopted son,〔(Tous Ensemble Bloquons l'imposteur ) Anti-Ali election site〕 a claim that he dismisses.〔 After studying law, he entered politics, joining the PDG in 1981; he was elected to the PDG Central Committee at the party's Third Extraordinary Congress in March 1983. Subsequently he was his father's Personal Representative to the PDG and in that capacity he entered the PDG Political Bureau in 1984. He was then elected to the Political Bureau at an ordinary party congress in September 1986.〔("Gabon: Le PDG explique le choix du candidat Ali Bongo Ondimba (Encadré)" ), Gabonews, 19 July 2009 .〕 Bongo held the post of High Personal Representative of the President of the Republic from 1987 to 1989.〔 In 1989, his father appointed him to the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,〔〔Barnes, James Franklin (1992) (''Gabon: Beyond the Colonial Legacy'' ), Westview Press, ISBN 081330430X, p. 57.〕 replacing Martin Bongo.〔 He was considered a reformist within the ruling PDG in the early 1990s.〔Bernard, Philippe (17 June 2009) ("Ali Ben Bongo, Monsieur Fils" ), ''Le Monde'' .〕〔Gardinier, David E. (1997) "Gabon: Limited Reform and Regime Survival" in ''Political Reform in Francophone Africa'', ed. Clark and Gardinier, Westview Press, ISBN 0813327865, p. 153.〕 In the 1990 parliamentary election (the first election after the introduction of multiparty politics), he was elected to the National Assembly as a PDG candidate in Haut-Ogooué Province.〔 After two years as Foreign Minister, a 1991 constitutional amendment setting a minimum age of 35 for ministers resulted in his departure from the government.〔 Following his departure from the government, Bongo took up his seat as a Deputy in the National Assembly in 1991.〔 In February 1992,〔("A crowning glory for Michael Jackson" ), ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', 13 February 1992, page D02.〕 he organized a visit by American pop singer Michael Jackson to Gabon.〔("Africans mourn Jackson, but not without criticism" ), AFP, 26 June 2009.〕 Bongo became President of the Higher Council of Islamic Affairs of Gabon (''Conseil supérieur des affaires islamiques du Gabon'', CSAIG) in 1996.〔 Prior to the December 1996 parliamentary election, a supporter of Defense Minister Idriss Ngari challenged Bongo for the PDG nomination to his parliamentary seat, but Bongo was successful in winning the nomination and retaining the seat. In surviving that challenge, he benefited from the assistance of his maternal uncle Jean-Boniface Assélé, one of his key political allies. After over seven years as a Deputy,〔 Bongo was appointed to the government as Minister of National Defense on 25 January 1999.〔(List of governments of Gabon ), IZF.net .〕 In the December 2001 parliamentary election, Bongo was elected to the National Assembly as a PDG candidate in Haut-Ogooué Province.〔 At the PDG's Eighth Ordinary Congress in July 2003, he was elected as a Vice-President of the PDG.〔 During the 2005 presidential election, he worked on his father's re-election campaign as Coordinator-General of Youth.〔("L'etat-major du candidat Bongo Ondimba désormais connu" ), ''L'Union'' (bdpgabon.org), 13 October 2005 .〕 Following that election, he was promoted to the rank of Minister of State on 21 January 2006, while retaining the defense portfolio.〔 Bongo was re-elected to the National Assembly in the December 2006 parliamentary election as a PDG candidate in Haut-Ogooué Province.〔("Liste des Députés par Circonscription" ), National Assembly website (accessed 5 January 2009) .〕 He retained his post as Minister of State for National Defense after that election, although he was subsequently reduced to the rank of ordinary Minister on 28 December 2007.〔〔("Gabon : Le président Omar Bongo Ondimba remanie son gouvernement" ), Infosplusgabon, 29 December 2007 .〕 At the PDG's Ninth Ordinary Congress in September 2008, he was re-elected as a Vice-President of the PDG.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ali Bongo Ondimba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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