Serge Michel Odzoki

Serge Michel Odzoki (born 29 December 1948) is a Congolese politician. A member of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), he is a journalist by profession and worked for years as a diplomat before serving in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Sports and Youth from December 2007[1][2] to September 2009. He has been a Deputy in the National Assembly since 2009.

Biography

Odzoki was born in Ouesso. He studied in France and earned a degree in journalism. Back in Congo, he worked as a journalist;[1][2] he was the press attaché to the Presidency of the Republic from 1979 to 1981, as well as editor in chief at National Congolese Broadcasting and deputy editor at National Congolese Television.[2] He then served as Director of National Congolese Broadcasting from 1984 to 1986. Subsequently, he was Deputy Delegate of the Congolese Embassy to the Agency of Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT) from 1986 to 1993, as well as Deputy Permanent Representative of Congo to UNESCO and cultural and press counsellor at the Congolese Embassy in France. In 1997, he became the interim chargé d'affaires at the Congolese embassy in Germany, holding that post for ten years.[1][2]

In the June–August 2007 parliamentary election, Odzoki was elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in the first constituency of Ewo.[1][3] He received 32.67% of the vote in the first round against 22.28% for Yvon Norbert Gambeg of the Club 2002-PUR;[4] in the second round of voting, he defeated Gambeg, receiving 62.65% of the vote.[3] Following the election, he was designated as First Vice-President of the Education, Culture, Science and Technology Commission in the National Assembly on 18 September 2007.[5] He was subsequently appointed to the government as Minister of Sports and Youth on 30 December 2007.[6]

Odzoki was dismissed from the government on 15 September 2009;[7] he was succeeded at the Ministry of Sports by Jacques-Yvon Ndolou on 21 September 2009.[8] He then returned to his seat in the National Assembly.[9] At the PCT's Sixth Extraordinary Congress in July 2011, he was elected to the PCT's 51-member Political Bureau and designated as the PCT's Secretary for Communication and Spokesman.[10]

In the July 2012 parliamentary election, Odzoki was re-elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in the first constituency of Ewo; he won the seat in the first round of voting,[11][12] receiving 60.43% of the vote.[12] In September 2012, he was again designated as First Vice-President of the National Assembly's Education, Culture, Research, Science, and Technology Commission.[13]

During the campaign for the September 2014 local elections, Odzoki was dispatched to Likouala Department to campaign for the PCT's candidates there.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mena Lila Antsoutsoula, "Portraits de six nouveaux membres du Gouvernement" at the Wayback Machine (archived January 7, 2009), Le Choc website (French).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Roger Ngombé, "Portrait du nouveau ministre des Sports et de la Jeunesse" at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2012), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 5 January 2008 (French).
  3. 1 2 "Les résultats des élections législatives, avant l'examen des contentieux électoraux", La Semaine Africaine, number 2,720, 21 August 2007, page 7 (French).
  4. ↑ "Législatives : La liste des duels du second tour", Congopage website, 3 July 2007 (French).
  5. ↑ Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo, "Rentrée parlementaire de la 12ème législature: Les bureaux des commissions permanentes ont été enfin élus", La Semaine Africaine, number 2,729, 21 September 2007, page 5 (French).
  6. ↑ "Formation d'un nouveau gouvernement au Congo", Panapress, 31 December 2007 (French).
  7. ↑ "Gouvernement - La nouvelle équipe compte trente-sept membres", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 16 September 2009 (French).
  8. ↑ James Golden Éloué and Parfait Wilfried Douniama, "Jacques Yvon Ndolou prend les rênes des Sports et de l'éducation sportive", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 22 September 2009 (French).
  9. ↑ Roger Ngombé, "L'Assemblée nationale préoccupée par la situation des attributs des députés siégeants", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 15 October 2009 (French).
  10. ↑ 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).
  11. ↑ "Élections législatives du 15 juillet 2012 - Liste des élus au premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 22 July 2012 (French).
  12. 1 2 "Résultats du premier tour des élections législatives 2012", La Semaine Africaine, 24 July 2012 (French).
  13. ↑ Roger Ngombé, "Assemblée nationale - Sept commissions permanentes sont mises en place", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, number 1,580, 20 September 2012 (French).
  14. ↑ Pascal Azad Doko, "Elections locales : Véritable marathon de Pierre Ngolo, pour soutenir les candidats du P.c.t", La Semaine Africaine, 23 September 2014 (French).
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