Noureddin Bongo Valentin (born 9 March 1992) is a Gabonese politician and the eldest son of former president

Ali Bongo Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain-Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959) also known as Ali Ben Bongo is a Gabonese former politician and dictator who was the third president of Gabon from 2009 until he was deposed in a 2023 Gabonese coup d'état, coup in 2 ...

and Sylvia Bongo Ondimba.

Biography

Bongo Valentin was educated at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

in the United Kingdom. On 5 December 2019, Bongo Valentin was named by his father as the general coordinator of presidential affairs within his administration. The office became vacant on 13 September 2021. Bongo Valentin obtained a diplomatic passport a week earlier. He was arrested during the

2023 Gabonese coup d'état On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo had won the general election held on 26 August. It was the eighth successful coup to occur in West and Central Africa since 2 ...

for alleged

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state (polity), state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to Coup d'état, overthrow its government, spy ...

and

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References

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