Hugues Ngouelondélé

Hugues Ngouélondélé is a Congolese politician. He has been a Deputy in the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville since 2002 and has concurrently served as Mayor of Brazzaville since 2003.

Political career

Ngouélondélé is a son of General Emmanuel Ngouelondélé, who was a leading figure in the regime of President Denis Sassou Nguesso prior to 1992.[1] Hugues Ngouelondélé graduated from the Marien Ngouabi University in Brazzaville with a degree in law in 1983 and subsequently studied in Algeria, France, and Belgium.[2] He worked in the customs administration[1] and represented Congo-Brazzaville at the World Customs Organization in March 1999.[2]

In the May–June 2002 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate in the second constituency of Moungali, located in Brazzaville;[2][3] he won the seat in a second round of voting.[3] In June 2002, he was elected as a municipal councillor in Brazzaville at the head of an independent candidate list in Moungali.[2] He then became Mayor of Brazzaville in February 2003,[2][4] succeeding Benoît Moundélé-Ngollo.[4]

In the June 2007 parliamentary election, Ngouélondélé was again elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate in Moungali II constituency; he won the seat in the first round with 50.20% of the vote.[5] Following the 29 June 2008 local elections, Ngouelondélé was re-elected as Mayor of Brazzaville by the city council on 30 July 2008. Nicéphore de Saint Eudes Fylla unsuccessfully challenged him for the position.[6]

Although his father became a determined opponent of Sassou Nguesso during the multi-party era, Ngouélondélé has remained loyal to Sassou Nguesso.[1] He married Ninelle Nguesso, a daughter of Sassou Nguesso, while his sister Michèle married Sassou Nguesso's nephew Edgar.[2]

In the July–August 2012 parliamentary election, Ngouelondélé was a candidate in Gamboma—a constituency located in Plateaux Department, rather than Brazzaville—where he faced an opposition leader, Mathias Dzon.[7] Standing as the candidate of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in Gamboma I constituency, Ngouelondélé was elected in the first round with 54.88% of the vote.[8]

Standing as a PCT candidate, Ngouelondélé was elected as a local councillor in Moungali in the September 2014 local elections.[9] He was re-elected for another five-year term as Mayor, without opposition, by the city council on 23 October 2014.[10][11] He received 92 votes from the 100 councilors who voted.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Georges Dougueli, "Hugues Ngouélondélé", Jeune Afrique, 15 November 2009 (French).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cheikh Yérim Seck, "Hughes Ngouelondélé", Jeune Afrique, 16 November 2003 (French).
  3. 1 2 "Assemblée nationale : les élus du second tour et leur appartenance politique", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 28 June 2002 (French).
  4. 1 2 "Le nouveau maire de Brazzaville prend officiellement ses fonctions", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 25 February 2003 (French).
  5. ↑ "Elections législatives : les 44 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 2 July 2007 (French).
  6. ↑ Willy Mbossa, Roger Ngombé, and Thierry Noungou, "Elections municipales : Les nouveaux dirigeants des départements et des communes sont connus", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 31 July 2008 (French).
  7. ↑ "Hugues Ngouélondélé", La Lettre du Continent, number 638, Africa Intelligence, 28 June 2012 (French).
  8. ↑ "Résultats du premier tour des élections législatives 2012", La Semaine Africaine, 24 July 2012 (French).
  9. ↑ "Résultats des élections locales du 28 septembre 2014", ADIAC, 6 October 2014 (French).
  10. ↑ Josiane Mambou Loukoula, "Conseil départemental et municipal de Brazzaville : Hugues Ngouélondélé entame un troisième mandat de 5 ans", ADIAC, 23 October 2014 (French).
  11. 1 2 "Congo : Hugues Ngouélondélé élu maire de Brazzaville pour la 3ème fois", Xinhua, 24 October 2014 (French).
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