Gilbert ONDONGO

Minister of State, minister of economy, industry and public portfolio

Born November 29, 1960 in Makoua (Congo)
Congolese nationality
Married, father of four (4) children
Permanent residence in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Member of Government of the Republic of Congo since September 2002

• Minister of State, Minister of Economy, Industry and Public Portfolio, from August 2017 to date.
• Minister of State, Minister of Economy, Industrial Development and Promotion of the Private Sector, April 2016 to August 2017.
• Minister of State, Minister of Economy, Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, from August 2015 to April 2016.
• Minister of State, Minister of Economy, Finance, Planning, Public Portfolio and Integration, from September 2012 to August 2015.
• Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, from September 2009 to September 2012.
• Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security, from January 2005 to September 2009.
• Secretary of State for Financial Registries and Budget Reforms, August 2002 to January 2005.
• Chairman of the Steering Committee of the CEMAC Economic and Financial Reform Program (PREF-CEMAC), since November 2016.
• Chairman of the Ministerial Committee of the Central African Monetary Union (UMAC) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) in 2011.
• Chairman of the boards of directors and management committees of several public institutions (industrial, commercial and administrative) from 1998 to 2002.
• Special Adviser, Economic and Financial Advisor to the President of the Republic of Congo from October 1997 to August 2002.
• Lecturer at the University of Brazzaville in the Faculty of Economics, from 1989 to 1991.
• Master-Assistant (Permanent Teacher-Researcher) at the University of Brazzaville since 1991, mainly teaches:
  • Political economy in first year of law degree;
  • Public Finance in 2nd year of bachelor of economics;
  • Economic Policy in Bachelors and Masters in Economics;
  • Economic systems and structures in Bachelors and Masters Degree in Economics.
• Head of Department of Applied Macroeconomics at the Faculty of Economics The University of Brazzaville, from 1992 to 1995.
• Editor of the economic newspaper "L'Enjeu" in 1992, national weekly specialized in economics. Author of several articles on the national economy and on economic theory in general.
• Trainee at the Commissariat of Atomic Energy in Paris, France (in 1985), as part of the preparation of the DESS dissertation on nuclear energy.
• Trainee at the National Agency for the Valorization of Research (ANVAR - Ile de France) in 1984, as part of the preparation of the DEA's thesis, on biotechnology.
• Trainee in 1983, with Jean-Jacques CARRE (Author with E. Malinvaud and P. Dubois of the famous book “la croissance française” published by Seuil in 1972.), on the development of telecommunications and their link with development in general.

UNIVERSITY STUDIES

• Holds a doctorate in economics from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Paris 2 (Pantheon) in France in 1989.
• Holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS: Baccalaureate + 5 years of higher studies) in production and distribution of energy, obtained at the University of Paris 10 (Nanterre) in France, in 1985.
• Holds a degree in Advanced Studies (DEA: Baccalaureate + 5 years of higher studies) in economics faculty at the University of Paris 2 (Pantheon-Sorbonne), Major in development economics, in 1984.
• Holds a Master's degree in Industrial Economics (Baccalaureate + 4 years of higher studies) in Faculty of Economics from the University of Paris 13 in France, in 1983.
• Holds a degree in economics (Baccalaureate + 3 years of higher studies) in the Faculty of Economics from the University of Brazzaville in Congo, in 1982.
• Holds a Baccalaureate in Economics and Management at Brazzaville Technical High School in Congo, 1979.