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Stéphane-Maurice Bongo-Nouarra 🇨🇬

Stéphane-Maurice Bongo-Nouarra (Known as "Bongo-Nouarra")
Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1992), Agricultural Engineer, Technocrat
Born 1937-06-06 🇨🇬 Ouesso, Sangha, Congo
Passed Away 2007-10-07 Brussels, Belgium
Lifespan 70 years old
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"True development is not born of slogans, but of fertile fields, sound roads, and honest administration."

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Agricultural engineer and technocrat who served as Prime Minister in 1992 following the historic Sovereign National Conference, guiding Congo's transition to constitutional democracy.

Biographical Record

Stéphane-Maurice Bongo-Nouarra was born on June 6, 1937, in Ouesso in the northern Sangha region. Trained in agricultural engineering in France, Bongo-Nouarra served as Minister of Agriculture in the 1960s before entering the private sector as an international engineering consultant.

A leading reformist voice at the 1991 Sovereign National Conference that ended single-party rule, Bongo-Nouarra was appointed Prime Minister by President Pascal Lissouba in September 1992 to organize democratic state institutions. Respected across regional and ethnic lines for his technical competence, he worked until his retirement to promote national consensus and agricultural modernism.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Brazzaville Central Cemetery
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
GPS: -4.2660, 15.2830
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