Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is a Gabonese politician and military officer. He became the Transitional President of Gabon by replacing his cousin, Ali Bongo Ondimba and putting him under house arrest in a 2023 coup.^[3]

Brigadier General Brice Oligui
Transitional President of Gabon
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 September 2023
Prime Minister	Raymond Ndong Sima
Preceded by	Ali Bongo Ondimba
Chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 August 2023
Preceded by	Position established
Commander-in-Chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Preceded by	Grégoire Kouna
Personal details
Born	1975 (age 48–49) Ngouoni, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon[1]
Alma mater	Omar Bongo University Meknes Royal Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Gabon Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions
Branch/service	Gabonese Army
Rank	Brigadier general[2]

References

1. "Gabon coup: General Oligui leads the charge as Bongo clan rivalries reach boiling point". Africa Intelligence. 2023-08-30. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
2. "Putsch au Gabon : le général Oligui prêtera serment lundi, l'opposition réclame le pouvoir". leparisien.fr (in French). 2023-08-31. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
3. "General Nguema appointed transitional president of Gabon following coup". Anadolu Ajansı. Retrieved 2 September 2023.