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	     AICI  which Dominique established in 1979  managed former president Félix Houphouët-Boigny's assets in Côte d'Ivoire and France but also branched out into Gabon  where it provided the same service to late longtime leader Omar Bongo Ondimba...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     He had already served two terms after succeeding his late father Omar Bongo  who had ruled from 1967 until 2009...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
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	     It also contains innumerable notes and documents  such as President Omar Bongo Ondimba's handwritten list of whom President Jacques Chirac should appoint to which Paris cabinet post...
	 
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	    3bn to Renaissance  a consortium comprising Swiss-based Petrolin  set up by Samuel Dossou-Aworet  veteran Béninois oil trader and long-term oil advisor to Omar Bongo Ondimba  late President of Gabon...
 He was also long-term oil consigliere to Gabon's late President Omar Bongo Ondimba...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     A senior security advisor to President Omar Bongo Ondimba  Nguema was sidelined in the succession drama...
 When Omar Bongo  Ali Ben's father  died in 2009  Senate President Rose Francine Rogombé took over as interim national leader charged with organising elections...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     BGFI was a creation of two presidents: Omar Bongo of Gabon – who died in 2009  his son Ali Ben Bongo taking his place – and Denis Sassou-Nguesso of neighbouring Congo-B...
 Historical documents from BGFI Gabon show that Omar Bongo held a long-term deposit there for the equivalent of $20...
  In December 2008  Omar Bongo was listed as benefitting from a $7m loan  managed by Henri-Claude Oyima  who has headed BGFI internationally since the start...
	 
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	     Abramoff was also reported as having demanded US$9 million from the late Gabonese President  Omar Bongo Ondimba  for arranging his 2004 meeting with President George W...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Between them  Ali Ben Bongo and his late father Omar Bongo Ondimba  who died in 2009  spent $125 mn...
 Omar Bongo was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of at least $1 bn...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ogilvy Public Relations provides a range of services for President Bongo  including 'facilitating media interviews  drafting opinion articles  drafting press releases  providing strategic counsel'  as many different K Street firms also did for his father Omar Bongo Ondimba...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Any meaningful post-AfCON talks  say other opposition leaders  would need to include reform of the electoral commission  the Commission électorale nationale autonome et permanente  the ever-biddable Constitutional Court (headed by Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo  who has two children by the President's late father  Omar Bongo Ondimba)  and presidential term limits (AC Vol 57 No 18  Bongo's incredible win)...
 The 40 000-seater Stade Omar Bongo also sits unused and derelict in central Libreville...