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Daniel Abibi

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Daniel Abibi
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipRepublic of the Congo Edit
Name wey dem give amDaniel, Daniel Edit
Family nameAbibi Edit
Ein date of birth1942 Edit
Ein occupationmathematician, diplomat, academic, politician, minister Edit
Position eholdMember of the Senate of the Republic of the Congo Edit
Political party ein memberCongolese Party of Labour Edit

Daniel Abibi (born 1942)[1] be a Congolese politician, mathematician den diplomat. During de 1980s, he serve insyd de government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Information den as Minister of Secondary den Higher Education. Later, during de 1990s, he be Congo-Brazzaville ein Permanent Representative to de United Nations.

Life den career

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Abibi obtain ein doctorate insyd mathematics insyd 1970 from de University of Grenoble insyd France. He be amongst de first Central Africans to receive doctoral degrees insyd Mathematics.[2] Na Abibi be one of de Northern political activists educated insyd France dat ensure support for Marien Ngouabi insyd de Congolese Students Association (AEC) insyd 1972.[1] De rapprochement between AEC den de regime be, however, wey de cadres of de Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) fiercely reject. De PCT cadres kidnap Abibi, forcing Ngouabi to order ein release.[3]

Politically, Abibi espouse a Marxist ideological line dat heavily be influenced by radical African nationalism.[4] He serve as rector of de Marien Ngouabi University. Becoming a confidant of Denis Sassou Nguesso (espousing an ideological line to de liking of Sassou) na dem name Abibi Minister of Information, Posts den Telecommunications insyd 1983, replacing captain Florent Ntsiba.[4][5] Insyd 1984 na dem include Abibi insyd de Central Committee of de PCT. He be put in-charge of de international relations of de party. Sana insyd1984, he be moved from ein post as Minister of Information to de post of Minister of Secondary den Higher Education. He lost ein cabinet seat insyd a December 1986 reshuffle.[6]

Abibi chaired de Congolese Anti-Apartheid Committee, den insyd 1989 he be named chairman of de African Anti-Apartheid Committee. Sanso insyd 1989, he be included insyd de PCT Politburo den assigned responsibility for education, ideology, den political den civic training.[7]

Insyd de 1990s he join de Pan-African Union for Social Democracy of Pascal Lissouba. He sana serve as Permanent Representative of de Congo to de United Nations during dis decade.[8]

Following de June–October 1997 civil war, insyd which Lissouba be ousted den Sassou Nguesso returned to power, Abibi be absent from Congolese politics for years. Eventually, however, he rejoin Sassou Nguesso ein party, de PCT.[9] Insyd October 2011, he be elected to de Senate of Congo-Brazzaville as a PCT candidate insyd Sangha Department.[9][10] Insyd de indirect Senate election, he receive 61 votes from de electors insyd Sangha, 87.14% of de total; dis placed Abibi insyd a three-way tie for first place den secured him one of de six available seats for Sangha.[11]

References

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  1. 1 2 Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy (1997-01-01). Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-86537-739-8.
  2. African Doctorates in Mathematics: A Catalogue (in English). Lulu.com. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4303-1867-5.
  3. Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy (1997-01-01). Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-86537-739-8.
  4. 1 2 Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy (1997-01-01). Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-86537-739-8.
  5. "Congo Shuffles Cabinet After Politburo Meeting", Reuters, 13 August 1984.
  6. Legum, Colin (1988). Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents (in English). Africana Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8419-0557-3.
  7. Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy (1997-01-01). Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-86537-739-8.
  8. "United Nations Daily Highlights, 97-10-14". www.hri.org. Archived from the original on 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  9. 1 2 "Daniel Abibi disposé à mettre son expérience au service du Sénat", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,352, 20 October 2011, page 1 (in French).
  10. "Elections sénatoriales partielles : bien organisé, le scrutin s'est déroulé dans la transparence", La Semaine Africaine, 12 October 2011 (in French).
  11. "Le Sénat renouvelé de moitié", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,345, 11 October 2011 (in French).