Calixte Ganongo is a

Congolese Congolese or Kongolese may refer to: African peoples * Congolese people (disambiguation) * Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo) to Luanda, Angola, primarily defined by ...

political figure who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

since 2016. Ganongo, who is from the northern town of Oyo (also the hometown of President

Denis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military officer who has served as president of the Republic of the Congo since 1997. He also previously served as president from 1979 to 1992. Sassou Nguesso he ...

), worked at the national oil company, the ''

Société nationale des pétroles du Congo ''Société nationale des pétroles du Congo'' (the National Petroleum Company of the Congo, SNPC) is a national oil company of the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simpl ...

''. He was appointed as Deputy Director-General of the SNPC, in charge of finances and accounting, on 29 December 2010. After Sassou Nguesso's victory in the March 2016 presidential election, he appointed Ganongo to the government as Minister of Finance on 30 April 2016."Équipe gouvernementale de la Nouvelle République"
, ADIAC, 1 May 2016 .

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