After the departure on Tuesday of Gabon’s Economy Minister Jean-Marie Ogandaga, after several economic scandals, things accelerated. The government mixed up a bit on Wednesday. Nicole Mbou was appointed to the post.
as reported from Gabon, Yves-Laurent Goma
At 54, Nicole Mbou will be the second woman to hold the post of Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance under Ali Bongo. Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, the current Prime Minister, was the first woman to hold this post. Gabon claims its policy of promoting women a little more.
Former Ministerial Delegate
The new Minister of Economic Affairs has a complete CV. Educated in Gabon, where she received a master’s degree in Finance, Nicole Mbou continued her doctoral studies in France, where she received a degree in higher education from the University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne and a diploma from the Center d’Études Economics, Economics and Banking.
Back in Gabon, she began her career at Gabon’s Development Bank before joining the Ministry of Economy. She worked in debt service before she was promoted to delegate 5 months ago. Nicole Mbou is well aware of the files that caused the case his predecessor, Jean-Marie Ogandaga. These include, among other things, the long strike by tax collectors and the excessive tax breaks granted to oil companies.
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