Pierre Ngolo

Pierre Ngolo (born 27 June 1954) is a Congolese politician who has been Secretary-General of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) since August 2011. He has also been First Secretary of the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville since 2002.[1]

Political career

Ngolo was born at Etoro, located in the Gamboma District of Plateaux Region. In 1998, he was elected as First Secretary of the National Transitional Council (CNT), which was the transitional parliament.[1] In the May–June 2002 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in Ongogni constituency,[2][3] winning the seat in the first round with 99.69% of the vote.[2] After the election, he was chosen as First Secretary of the National Assembly on 10 August 2002.[4] At the African Parliamentary Union's 27th conference, held in Algiers from 27 November to 2 December 2004,[1] Ngolo was Deputy President of the APU/Congo National Group,[5] and he was elected by the conference delegates as Rapporteur of the APU's Executive Bureau.[1][5]

In the 2007 parliamentary election, Jean-Claude Gakosso replaced Ngolo as the PCT candidate in Ongogni; although there were rumors of rivalry between the two, Gakosso and Ngollo appeared together when Gakosso announced his candidacy, and Ngolo instead stood as the PCT candidate in the Ouenzé I constituency of Brazzaville.[6] Ngolo won the Ouenzé I seat in the first round with 54.30% of the vote,[7] and he was subsequently re-elected as First Secretary of the National Assembly on 4 September 2007,[1][8] receiving 122 votes from the 129 deputies who voted.[8] He was additionally assigned responsibility for the National Assembly's relations with the African Parliamentary Union.[9]

In light of the fact that Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso had been designated as President of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC), Ngolo was correspondingly elected as President of the CEMAC Inter-Parliamentary Commission at a session held in Malabo on 17–19 February 2010.[10]

In early 2011, Ngolo was designated as First Rapporteur of the Preparatory Committee for the PCT's Sixth Extraordinary Congress.[11][12] At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress, held in Brazzaville in July 2011, Ngolo was elected as Secretary-General of the PCT.[13][14][15] His election as Secretary-General was considered surprising.[15]

A month after his election, Ngolo officially took office as PCT Secretary-General on 25 August 2011, succeeding Interim Secretary-General Isidore Mvouba.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Willy Mbossa and Roger Ngombé, "Qui sont les nouveaux membres du bureau de l'Assemblée nationale ?", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 8 September 2007 (French).
  2. ^ a b "Elections législatives : les 51 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 5 June 2002 (French).
  3. ^ Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens, issues 2,943–2,955 (2002), page 1,241 (French).
  4. ^ "Jean-Pierre Thystère-Tchikaya élu président de l’Assemblée nationale", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 10 August 2002 (French).
  5. ^ a b "Pierre Ngolo fait le point sur les assises de l’Union Parlementaire Africaine à Alger", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 21 December 2004 (French).
  6. ^ "Législatives 2007. Jean Claude Gakosso annonce à Brazzaville sa candidature aux ressortissants du district d'Ongogni", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 6 June 2007 (French).
  7. ^ "Elections législatives : les 44 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 2 July 2007 (French).
  8. ^ a b "Bureau de l'Assemblée nationale issu des élections législatives de 2007", Congo-Media, 4 September 2007 (French).
  9. ^ "Les bureaux des commissions permanentes ont été enfin élus", La Semaine Africaine, N° 2729, 21 September 2008 (French).
  10. ^ Willy Mbossa and Tiras Andang, "Pierre Ngolo élu à la tête du Parlement de la Cémac", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 23 February 2010 (French).
  11. ^ Roger Ngombé, "Les députés du PCT à l'Assemblée nationale favorables à la tenue du 6e congrès extraordinaire", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 15 April 2011 (French).
  12. ^ Pascal-Azad Doko, "6ème congrès extraordinaire du P.c.t : Jean-Pierre Nonault à la tête de bureau de la coordination du comité préparatoire", La Semaine Africaine, 13 April 2011 (French).
  13. ^ "À Brazzaville, le Parti congolais du travail à la recherche d'un second souffle", Jeune Afrique, 25 July 2011 (French).
  14. ^ Roger Ngombé, "Vie des partis : Pierre Ngolo élu secrétaire général du Parti congolais du travail", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 26 July 2011 (French).
  15. ^ a b Joël Nsoni, "Denis Sassou Nguesso aux congressistes du P.c.t : «Les élections ne se gagnent pas dans les bureaux. Elles se gagnent sur le terrain»", La Semaine Africaine, 30 July 2011 (French).
  16. ^ "Parti congolais du travail : Pierre Ngolo prend officiellement ses fonctions de secrétaire général", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 26 August 2011 (French).