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Nicolás Mondjo (Fort Rousset, June 24, 1933 - Paris, January 20, 1996) was a Congolese diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Congo.
Biography
[edit]He was born in June 1933 in the city of Owando, in the center of the Republic of Congo, when it was still called Fort Rousset. He initially worked as a judicial employee in various courts in French Congo and French Chad. Afterward, he attended the Section of Territorial, Administrative, and Financial Affairs of the Institut des hautes études d'Outre-Mer in Paris, where colonial officials and administrators were trained.[1]
After completing his studies in France, he returned to Congo and was appointed as the prefect of the Sangha region. This was followed by his appointment as prefect of the Djoué region, adjacent to Brazzaville. In 1963, he became the chief of staff of the Ministry of the Interior during the government of President Fulbert Youlou. The following year, in 1964, after the uprising that overthrew the Youlou government, he began his diplomatic career when he was appointed as the second ambassador of the Republic of Congo to France by the new president, Alphonse Massamba-Débat.[1]
He served as the Ambassador to France until January 1968 when he returned to Congo and was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He held the position during the governments of Alfred Raoul and Marien Ngouabi until June 1970 when, considered too moderate for the new communist government of the People's Republic of Congo, he was transferred to the position of Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of Congo to the United Nations in New York. He concurrently served as the Ambassador to Canada and later also as the Ambassador to the United States in 1977. He held all three positions until 1985.[1]
He also served as the Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic from 1969 to 1970, a member of the Council of State of the Republic of Congo, a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1967 to 1968 and from 1970 to 1974, Chief Delegate to the Association of the Economic Community of Central African States and the African and Malagasy States, Chief Representative to the Conference of Heads of State and Government of Central and Eastern Africa, Chief Delegate to the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa, Permanent Representative of Congo to the European Economic Community in Brussels in 1966, and Acting Prefect of the Brazzaville region.[2]
After completing his term as ambassador in 1985, he remained abroad.[1] He passed away in Paris in January 1996.[3]
Personal life
[edit]He is the father of the Minister of Defense Charles Richard Mondjo.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo [Historical Dictionary of the Republic of the Congo]. London: The Scarecrow Press. 2012. p. 290. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
{{cite book}}:|first2=missing|last2=(help);|first=missing|last=(help); Unknown parameter|apellidos2=ignored (|last2=suggested) (help) - ^ "Nicolas Mondjo". Prabook. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "In Memoriam" (PDF). Les Dépêches de Brazzaville. January 20, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.