Basile Ikouébé Explained

Basile Ikouébé
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs
President:Denis Sassou Nguesso
Term Start:31 May 2007
Term End:10 August 2015
Predecessor:Rodolphe Adada
Successor:Jean-Claude Gakosso
Birth Date:1 July 1946
Nationality:Congolese
Children:6
Alma Mater:École nationale d'administration
Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux

Basile Ikouébé (born 1 July 1946 in Congo-Brazzaville) is a Congolese former ambassador who is Special representative of the President of the African Union Commission for the Great Lakes region, Head of the Liaison Office for Burundi since October 2017.

Diplomatic career

Previously, he held the following offices:

-  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (2007 - 2015);[1]

in New York (1998 - 2007);[2]

-  Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1996 - 1998);[3]

-  Itinerant Ambassador (1994 - 1996);

-  Diplomatic Advisor, then, cumulatively; Minister-Chief of Cabinet of the  

President of the Republic (1982 – 1992);[4]

-  Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1977 - 1979);

-  Chief of Staff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1975 - 1977).

Higher studies in Modern Literature, political science and international relations in Brazzaville, Bordeaux and Paris.

Married, father of 6 children.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.congopage.com/article4732.html "Basile Ikouébé remplace Adada à la tête du ministère des Affaires étrangères et de la Francophonie"
  2. Philippe Quillerier, "Nucléaire iranien: Washington peine à rallier Pékin et Moscou", Radio France Internationale, 3 May 2006 .
  3. https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1998/19981211.bio3209.html "New permanent representative of Congo presents credentials"
  4. Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (1997), Karthala Editions, page 292 (note 163) .