André Milongo

André Milongo

André Ntsatoubantou Milongo (born October 20, 1935 in Mankondi ; † July 23, 2007 in Paris ) was Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo from 1991 to 1992 .

Political career

Milongo came from what is now the Pool region of what was then the French colony . After the country gained independence, he worked in financial administration. He later served as financial and economic advisor to Prime Ministers Lopès and Goma. In the 1980s he became a director at the World Bank .

In the last phase of the rule of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso , who has been in office since 1979 , he became Prime Minister of a transitional government on June 8, 1991, which was supposed to lead the country towards democracy. In the first round of the presidential elections on August 8, 1992, he reached fourth place as a candidate for the Union pour la démocratie et la république (UDR) with 10.18% of the vote and was eliminated. Former Prime Minister Pascal Lissouba won the second ballot . Milongo's term as head of government ended on September 2, 1992.

From 1994 to 1997 he was President of Parliament. This year, Lissouba was overthrown by Sassou-Nguesso, who had returned from exile , after a civil war lasting several months.

Milongo initially wanted to run in the presidential elections on March 10, 2002, but withdrew his candidacy shortly before the ballot due to allegedly unfair conditions, like some of the other candidates before. Incumbent Sassou-Nguesso won with 89.41% against the rather unknown six remaining applicants. Milongo was still president of the UDR, a member of parliament and one of the leading figures in the opposition to Sassou-Nguesso.

Family and death

Milongo was married and had seven children. He died in a Paris hospital early on the morning of July 23, 2007, at the age of 71.

Web links

• Election results in African Elections Database (English)
• Sagonet on the 2002 presidential candidates, March 6, 2002 (French)
• The BBC on the 2002 presidential election, March 10, 2002 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Congo-Media: André Milongo est décédé à Paris, ce lundi 23 June 2007 à 3 heures du matin . July 23, 2007.