René Radembino Coniquet
René Radembino Coniquet | |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate of Gabon | |
| In office 2006–2009 | |
| President | Omar Bongo |
| Preceded by | Léonard Andjembé (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Rose Francine Rogombé |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1932 |
| Died | 4 September 2014 |
| Political party | Gabonese Democratic Party |
René Radembino Coniquet (26 June 1932 – 4 September 2014) was a Gabonese politician who served as President of the Senate of Gabon from 2006[1][2] to 2009.[3] He was a Senator from 1997 to 2014 and a long-time member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG).[2]
Life and career
[edit]Radembino Coniquet was born in Libreville. He became Deputy Director of Finance in 1961,[1][2] Prefect of Ngounié[1] in 1962, and Secretary of the Council of Ministers in 1963. Subsequently he was Secretary-General of the Government[1][2] before being appointed as Secretary-General of the Presidency in 1967.[4] He was appointed as Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency on 12 July 1972;[5] later, he was promoted to the rank of Minister of State.[1][2] Radembino Coniquet remained Secretary-General of the Presidency until early 1994, when Mamadou Diop was appointed to succeed him.[4][6]
When the Senate was created in 1997, Radembino Coniquet was elected as a Senator from Owendo and became the President of the Commission of Laws and Administrative Affairs in the Senate[1][2] on 10 March 1997.[1] He was re-elected to the Senate in 2003.[1][2] Upon the establishment of the Pan-African Parliament in March 2004, Radembino Coniquet became one of Gabon's five representatives in that body.[7]
Later in the Senate's term, following the death of Georges Rawiri on 9 April 2006, Radembino Coniquet was elected to succeed him as President of the Senate on 24 May 2006.[2][8] Radembino Coniquet received 86 votes from the 90 senators who voted and was to serve as President of the Senate for the remainder of the Senate term, ending in 2009.[8] Rawiri had been Co-President of the Africa Caribbean Pacific - European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and Radembino Coniquet was designated to succeed him in that role as well.[9]
Radembino Coniquet met with Wu Bangguo, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, on 7 November 2008. They expressed a mutual desire for increased cooperation between the two countries.[10]
In the January 2009 Senate election, Radembino Coniquet stood again as the PDG candidate in Owendo[11] and was re-elected to the Senate.[12][13] He retained his seat despite the fact that only a minority of Owendo's municipal councillors (who were the electors) belonged to the PDG.[13] Following that election, Rose Francine Rogombé was elected to succeed Radembino Coniquet as President of the Senate on 16 February 2009.[3]
Speaking to Gabonews in Midrand on 29 October 2009, Radembino Coniquet said that the Pan-African Parliament was working to strengthen the African Union, with the ultimate goal of establishing a continental government.[14]
Radembino Coniquet was a Vice-President of the PDG as of 2008.[15]
Radembino Coniquet died in Libreville at age 82 on the night of 3–4 September 2014.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Page at Africa Caribbean Pacific - European Union Parliamentary Assembly website.
- ^ a b c d e f g h CV at Senate website Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French).
- ^ a b "Gabon: Parlement: Rose Francine Rogombé à la tête de la chambre haute pour six ans" Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Gabonews, 16 February 2009 (in French).
- ^ a b Eustache Mandjouhou Yolla, La politique étrangère du Gabon (2003), Harmattan, page 26 (in French).
- ^ Année africaine 1972 (1973), page 412 (in French).
- ^ "Les securocrates sont au Palais" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Africa Intelligence, 3 March 1994 (in French).
- ^ "List of members of the Pan-African Parliament (as of 15 March 2004)" Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, African Union website.
- ^ a b "Coniquet elected as new Gabonese senate speaker", Xinhua, 25 May 2006.
- ^ Minutes of ACP-EU meeting in Vienna, June 2006.
- ^ "Wu Bangguo wishes further parliamentary co-op between Gabon, China" Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, 7 November 2008.
- ^ "Gabon : Le SG du PDG sort ses jokers pour les sénatoriales" Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, GabonEco, 12 December 2008 (in French).
- ^ "Gabon: Elections sénatoriales 2009: le PDG en tête des résultats"[permanent dead link], Gabonews, 19 January 2009 (in French).
- ^ a b Alfred Mba Asseko, "Le PDG rafle 75 des 102 sièges au Sénat", AGP, 19 January 2009 (in French).
- ^ "Le Parlement Panafricain propose un budget de 22 351 781 de dollars pour son exercice 2010", Gabonews, 31 October 2009 (in French).
- ^ PDG Vice-Presidents, PDG website (in French).
- ^ "L'ancien président du Sénat René Radembino Coniquet n'est plus" Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, Gaboneco, 5 September 2014 (in French).