Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane

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Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane (born 6 October 1939<ref name=JA>Samy Ghorbal, "« Nous avons su garder le cap »", Jeune Afrique, 20 November 2005 Template:In lang.</ref>) is a Gabonese politician who was Prime Minister of Gabon from 23 January 1999 to 20 January 2006. He was Mayor of Libreville, the capital, from 2008 to 2014.

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Ntoutoume Emane is a member of the Fang ethnic group from Estuaire Province.<ref name=AE>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, Afrique Express Template:In lang.</ref><ref name=Marc>Marc Perelman, "La longue marche de Jackie-mille-encyclopédies", Jeune Afrique, 2 February 1999 Template:In lang.</ref> After working at the Ministry of Finance,<ref name=JA/> Ntoutoume Emane was Personal Adviser to President Omar Bongo from 1976<ref name=JA/><ref name=AE/> to 1990.<ref name=AE/> On 13 July 1977, he was appointed as Minister and Personal Adviser to the President, responsible for the coordination of the economic and financial affairs of the Presidency as well as civil and commercial aviation.<ref>Dimitri-George Lavroff, "Année africaine 1977", page 229 Template:In lang.</ref> He served as Minister of Civil and Commercial Aviation until 1984, then as Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs from 1984 to 1987.<ref name=AE/> In 1990, he was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), defeating opposition leader Paul M'ba Abessole in the Libreville residential riding of Lalala.<ref name=JA/> He was appointed to the government of Prime Minister Casimir Oyé-Mba on 25 March 1994 as Minister of State Control, Decentralization, Territorial Administration and Regional Integration, but he declined the position.<ref>"Apr 1994 - Refusal of Cabinet portfolios", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 40, April 1994, Gabon, page 39,945.</ref>

Ntoutoume Emane led negotiations with the opposition in 1994 that resulted in the Paris Accords.<ref name=JA/><ref name=AE/> Standing as a PDG candidate in the fifth arrondissement of Libreville, he again defeated Mba Abessole in the December 1996 parliamentary election.<ref>Country Report: Gabon, Equatorial Guinea (1997), page 12.</ref> He was appointed as Minister of State for the Land-Survey Register, Housing, Lodgings, Urban Affairs, and Spatial Planning in the government of Prime Minister Paulin Obame-Nguema on 28 January 1997.<ref>"Décret N° 144/PR, fixant la composition du Gouvernement", Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise, January 1997, pages 2–3 Template:In lang.</ref> Although he had been passed over for the post of Prime Minister earlier in the 1990s,<ref name=Marc/> Ntoutoume Emane was appointed as prime minister in January 1999, after serving as the campaign manager for President Omar Bongo during his successful re-election campaign for the December 1998 presidential election.<ref name=AE/><ref name=Marc/><ref>"New prime minister for Gabon", BBC News, 23 January 1999.</ref> He won a seat from Libreville as a PDG candidate in the December 2001 parliamentary election.<ref>"Gabon: Bongo's Party Sweeps to Victory", allAfrica.com, 14 December 2001.</ref> After seven years as prime minister, Ntoutoume Emane was replaced by Jean Eyeghe Ndong after Bongo was sworn in for another term in January 2006.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, Afriquecentrale.info, 20 January 2006 Template:In lang.</ref>

Ntoutoume Emane won a seat in the December 2006 parliamentary election, but on 31 March 2007 his victory was annulled by the Constitutional Court due to irregularities.<ref name=Sera>"Gabon : l'ex premier ministre Ntoutoume Emane ne sera pas candidat aux législatives partielles du 10 juin prochain"Template:Dead link, Gabonews, 11 May 2007 Template:In lang.</ref> New elections for his seat and others with invalidated results were planned,<ref>"Législatives et sénatoriales partielles les 10 juin et 1er juillet", AFP, 27 April 2007 Template:In lang.</ref> but Ntoutoume Emane decided not to participate in the re-vote, and Gisele Akoghé took his place as the PDG candidate.<ref name=Sera/>

In the April 2008 local elections, Ntoutoume Emane—a Vice-President of the PDG<ref name=Local>"Gabon: Locales 2008 / A Libreville, Assélé prône la « rupture » avec « les pactes non écrits » d’un maire Fang ou Mpongwè à l’Hôtel de ville"Template:Dead link, Gabonews, 22 April 2008 Template:In lang.</ref>—headed the PDG list in the 5th arrondissement of Libreville, the capital.<ref name=Local/><ref name=Sans>"Gabon: sans surprise, large victoire du parti d'Omar Bongo aux élections municipales", AFP, May 4, 2008 Template:In lang.</ref> In the 5th arrondissement the PDG achieved its best result in Libreville, with 12 out of 16 councillors; however, the party fell short of an overall majority in the city with 42 out of 98 councillors. Ntoutoume Emane was presented by the PDG as its candidate for Mayor of Libreville,<ref name=Sans/> and on 23 May he was elected unopposed as Mayor for a five-year term. He received 84 votes; the remaining 14 votes were invalid.<ref name=Elu>"Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane élu nouveau maire de la commune de Libreville", Xinhua, 23 May 2008 Template:In lang.</ref>

At the PDG's 9th Ordinary Congress in September 2008, Ntoutoume Emane was named as one of two Honorary Vice-Presidents of the PDG.<ref>"PDG: Faustin Boukoubi au gouvernail" Template:Webarchive, Croissance Saine Environnement, September 22, 2008 Template:In lang.</ref>

Reacting to the inauguration of United States President Barack Obama on 20 January 2009, Ntoutoume Emane said the event fulfilled the dream of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr., and he said that he had read Obama's books. He expressed optimism that Obama "has the ambition and potential to foster a real momentum for development".<ref>"Gabon: « Barack Obama est une fierté pour l’Afrique », Ntoutoume Emane, maire de Libreville"Template:Dead link, Gabonews, 20 January 2009 Template:In lang.</ref>

After the death of President Bongo on 8 June 2009, Ntoutoume Emane ordered the closure of all nightclubs and bars in Libreville to reflect a spirit of national mourning.<ref>"Gabon's Senate speaker becomes interim head of state", AFP, 10 June 2009.</ref>

Following local elections held in December 2013, Ntoutoume Emane was succeeded as Mayor by Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda on 10 February 2014.<ref>"Passation de charges entre Ntoutoume Emane et Ossouka Raponda à la mairie de Libreville" Template:Webarchive, Gabonews, 11 February 2014 Template:In lang.</ref> He announced his resignation from the ruling PDG on 2 October 2015 and said that he was creating a new party, the Patriotic and Democratic Movement for the Refoundation of the Republic (Mouvement patriotique et démocratique pour la refondation de la République, MPDR).<ref>"Gabon: Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane va créer son propre parti", Radio France Internationale, 3 October 2015 Template:In lang.</ref><ref>"Gabon : la grogne interne au PDG menace-t-elle réellement le parti au pouvoir ?", Jeune Afrique, 20 October 2015 Template:In lang.</ref>

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