Sylvia Bongo Ondimba

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President Ali Bongo Ondimba Name Sylvia Ondimba Nationality Gabonese		Full Name Sylvia Valentin Preceded by Edith Lucie Bongo Role Ali Bongo Ondimba's wife

Born 11 March 1965 (age 59) Paris, France ( 1965-03-11 ) Profession President of the "Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation" Website http://www.fondationsylviabongoondimba.org/ Spouse Ali Bongo Ondimba (m. 1989) Similar People Ali Bongo Ondimba, Omar Bongo, Edith Lucie Bongo, Pascaline Bongo Ondimba, Chantal Biya Profiles Twitter

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Sylvia Bongo Ondimba (née Valentin on 11 March 1963) is the wife of Ali Bongo Ondimba since 1989. She became the First Lady of Gabon following the inauguration of her husband as President of Gabon on 16 October 2009. She created the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation entitled "For the family" in January 2011 "to improve the plight of vulnerable and disadvantaged people around the world".

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Family background

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Born in Paris, Sylvia Valentin was barely two months old when her parents were transferred to Douala for work. She is the daughter of Edouard Valentin, a French businessman who heads the group called Omnium Gabonais d'Assurances et de Réassurances (OGAR, Gabonese Insurance and Reinsurance). Edouard Valentin's wife, Evelyne Valentin, then became President Bongo Ondimba's secretary.

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Sylvia spent most of her childhood in Cameroon along with her siblings, before the family took up residence in Tunisia.

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In 1974, after a long stay by the Valentin Family in Tunisia, Sylvia and her parents decided to move to Gabon, where she received an academic and christian education at the Libreville Immaculate Conception Institution.

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In 1988, Sylvia met Ali Bongo Ondimba and married him a year later, in 1989. They have four children: Malika, Noureddin Edouard, Jalil, and Bilal, adopted by the couple in 2002.

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On 16 October 2009, as Ali Bongo Ondimba was elected president, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba became Gabon's First Lady.

Education

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba graduated with an advanced-level degree (DESS) in corporate management in France, and then decided to return to Gabon.

Career

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba was hired and quickly promoted to the post of Deputy Managing Director of the country's largest real estate firm, Gabon Immobilier, where she was named responsible for the company's marketing and economic development.

At the age of 25, in 1990, she founded her wealth management company, Alliance S.A.

The Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation

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The Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation gave rise to the project known as the caravan through Gabon's hinterland, whose mission was to record the grievances raised by residents of the country's more isolated areas.

The Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation adopted a resolution to mark 23 June of each year as International Widows' Day, from a project initiated by Sylvia Bongo Ondimba herself.

In April 2011, the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation donated to the Gabonese population a total of 18,000 mosquito screens.

In October 2010, the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation donated 250 electric scooters, crutches and wheelchairs to benefit several associations working to improve the lives of the disabled.

The Akassi microfinance project sponsored by the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation and intended to facilitate entrepreneurship among Gabonese women and their families.

References

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Wikipedia

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