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 finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

since 2016. Ganongo, who is from the northern town of

Oyo Oyo can refer to: Places Nigeria * Oyo Empire, a former Yoruba state that covered parts of Nigeria and Benin, or the capital city * Oyo State, a present-day state of Nigeria named after the Oyo Empire * Oyo, Oyo State, a city founded in the 18 ...

(also the hometown of President

Denis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military officer. He became president of the Republic of the Congo in 1997. He served a previous term as president from 1979 to 1992. During his first period as p ...

), 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 company was established in 1998 after the dissolution of the public company Hydro-Con ...

''. 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 .

References

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