Sylvia Bongo Ondimba
Sylvia Bongo Ondimba | |
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Bongo Ondimba in 2014 | |
| First Lady of Gabon | |
| In role 16 October 2009 – 30 August 2023 | |
| President | Ali Bongo Ondimba |
| Preceded by | Edith Lucie Bongo |
| Succeeded by | Zita Nyangue Oligui Nguema |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sylvia Valentin 11 March 1963 Paris, France |
| Nationality | Gabonese |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Malika Noureddin Jalil Bilal |
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| Profession | President of the "Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation" |
| Website | www |
Sylvia Valentin Bongo Ondimba is the Former First Lady of Gabon and has been the wife of Ali Bongo Ondimba since 1989. She became the First Lady of Gabon following the inauguration of her husband as President of Gabon on 16 October 2009. She created the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation, "For the family", in January 2011 "to improve the plight of vulnerable and disadvantaged people around the world". On August 30, 2023, her husband, Ali Bongo, was deposed after 14 years of rule, ending her term as First Lady and subsequently leading to her detention.