Gabon: Noureddin Bongo Valentin appointed to a strategic position in the ruling party

The son of Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, in December 2019 in LIbreville.

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Noureddin Bongo Valentin, son of the presidential couple, is talking about him again.

Sacked last September from his prestigious post of general coordinator of presidential affairs, Noureddin Bongo Valentin kept a low profile.

A discretion that will end since he was appointed on Wednesday to a strategic position in the ruling party, the CEO led by his father.

An appointment that comes a year before the next presidential election. 

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With our correspondent in Libreville,

Noureddin Bongo Valentin is no longer at the top of the state, but at the top of the PDG, the Gabonese Democratic Party which celebrates its 54th anniversary this Saturday but also its 54 years in power.

Noureddin Bongo Valentin has been promoted to Strategic Advisor to the president of the party, Ali Bongo Ondimba, who is none other than his father.

The young thirty-year-old arrives at the party with all of his lieutenants who worked with him during the 19 months he spent as President of the Republic as Coordinator of Presidential Affairs.

A position that made him one of the most influential figures in power.

The opposition then stepped up to denounce a dynastic succession project at the top of the state.

Sacked from his post last September

, Noureddin Bongo Valentin bounced back within the party one year before the presidential election scheduled for August 2023.

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