Pierre Oba

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Pierre Oba (born July 17, 1953) is the Minister of Mines, Mining Industries, and Geology of the Republic of the Congo. He is also a Général de Brigade of the National Police.[1]

Oba was born in Ollembé, in the Ollombo District of Plateaux Region.[1] He is a cousin of Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Oba became Director of Presidential Security in 1984 and was named Director-General of Public Security on September 11, 1987. In 1989, he was elected to the Central Committee of the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT).[2]

When Sassou-Nguesso returned to power in 1997, Oba became Minister of the Interior;[1] in the government named on August 18, 2002, his title was changed to Minister of Security and Police.[3][4] In the government named on January 7, 2005, he was moved to the position of Minister of Mines, Mining Industries, and Geology.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c Short official biography (French).
  2. ^ Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (1997), Karthala Editions, pages 292 and 443.
  3. ^ "Formation d’un nouveau gouvernement", Afrique Express, N° 254, September 2, 2002 (French).
  4. ^ List of government ministers, presse-francophone.org (2002 archive) (French).
  5. ^ List of government ministers of the Republic of the Congo, presse-francophone.org (French).

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