Calixte Ganongo
Calixte Ganongo is a Congolese political figure who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Finance since 2016.[1]
Ganongo, who is from the northern town of Oyo (also the hometown of President Denis Sassou Nguesso),[2] worked at the national oil company, the Société nationale des pétroles du Congo. He was appointed as Deputy Director-General of the SNPC, in charge of finances and accounting, on 29 December 2010.[3]
After Sassou Nguesso's victory in the March 2016 presidential election, he appointed Ganongo to the government as Minister of Finance on 30 April 2016.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "FORMER MINISTERS | Ministry of Finance and Budget". www.finances.gouv.cg.
- ^ "Calixte Ganongo (Societe Generale)", West Africa Newsletter, Africa Intelligence, number 680, 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du 29 décembre 2010", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 30 December 2010 (in French).
- ^ "Le Congo nomme un "gouvernement de rupture", plus jeune" Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Agence France-Presse, 1 May 2016 (in French).
- ^ "Équipe gouvernementale de la Nouvelle République" Archived June 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, ADIAC, 1 May 2016 (in French).