Jean Eyeghé Ndong
Jean Eyeghe Ndong | |
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Eyeghe Ndong in 2007 | |
| 6th Prime Minister of Gabon | |
| In office 20 January 2006 – 17 July 2009 | |
| President | Omar Bongo Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge (Acting) Rose Francine Rogombé (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane |
| Succeeded by | Paul Biyoghé Mba |
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| Born | 12 February 1946 Libreville, French Equatorial Africa (present day Gabon) |
Jean Eyeghé Ndong (born 12 February 1946) is a Gabonese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Gabon from January 20, 2006 to July 17, 2009. He was also the First Vice-president of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) until 2009.
Eyeghé Ndong resigned as Prime Minister in July 2009 and announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the August 2009 presidential election. Subsequently, he withdrew his candidacy in favor of a joint opposition candidate, André Mba Obame, and acted as spokesman for the opposition. He has been vice-president of the National Union, a unified opposition party, since its creation in February 2010.