Posted on 04/28/2023 at 1:57 p.m. by Blaise MOMBENGA
The former Chief of General Staff of the Gabonese Armed Forces sent to retirement by the Head of State was recalled Thursday, April 27, 2023 to occupy the post of Minister of Transport.
Head of State Ali Bongo has just appointed General de Roger-Auguste Bibaye Itandas as head of the Ministry of Transport. Indeed, Auguste Roger Bibaye was a senior officer in the Gabonese armed forces and served in Bangui in the Central African Republic where he was the commander of the Multinational Force of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa in the Central African Republic (FOMUC) from September 9 2004 to July 12, 2008.
In the Central African Republic, he had replaced his compatriot, the Gabonese general Jean-Claude Ella-Ekhoga who ended his career as chief of staff of the Gabonese armed forces. Prior to this appointment, General Roger-Auguste Bibaye-Itandas was the spokesperson for FOMUC, at the rank of colonel.
He was sent into retirement a few years ago and was recalled by the Head of State on April 27, 2023 to assume the portfolio of the Ministry of Transport of Gabon.
