Basile Ikouébé

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Basile Ikouébé

Basile Ikouébé (born July 1, 1946 ) is a diplomat and politician from the Republic of the Congo .

biography

After attending school, he studied at the International Institute for Public Administration in Paris and at the Institute for Political Studies in Bordeaux . He then entered the diplomatic service and was head of the Department for International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1974 and 1986 . In this function he also took part in ten UN General Assemblies in New York . At the same time he was private secretary between 1975 and 1977 and then secretary to the then Foreign Minister Théophile Obenga until 1979 .

In 1982 he also became Diplomatic Advisor to President Denis Sassou-Nguesso in the Presidential Office. He held this position until Sassou-Nguesso was defeated in August 1992, and between 1987 and 1992 he was also Senior Private Secretary to the President with the rank of Minister. From 1994 to 1995 he was a special envoy before he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1996 and 1998. In 1998 he was appointed Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He held this position until 2007, during which time he was also President of the United Nations Security Council in May 2006 . During this time the editor of the newspaper "Thalassa", Fortune Bemba, was arrested for an article critical of the president.

On May 31, 2007 he was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Isidore Mvouba as the successor to the longstanding Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Relations with Francophone Countries, Rodolphe Adada . Raymond-Serge Balé became his successor as Permanent Representative to the UN .

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  1. ↑ Press Freedom? Editor Arrested by Congo-Brazzaville, As It Presides Over Security Council
  2. ↑ AfDevInfo
  3. ↑ Basile Ikouébé remplace Adada à la tête du ministère des Affaires étrangères et de la Francophonie
personal data
SURNAME Ikouébé, Basile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese politician and diplomat from the Republic of the Congo
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1946