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Bruno Ben Moubamba (born 1967) is a Gabonese politician.
Early life
Ben Moubamba was born in Sindara to the cook of the Saint-Jean de Libreville seminary. He was raised within Catholic institutions.
After he graduated from high-school in 1987 in Libreville, he pursued university studies in philosophy, then communication. He is currently finishing his Ph.D at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
In 1992, he took part in a humanitarian relief mission in Bosnia, after which he started a career in journalism. Once a journalist, Ben Moubamba contributed to the creation of the Sainte-Marie Catholic radio in Libreville, in 1999. Back in France, he worked at Radio Notre-Dame and KTO, a French catholic television.
Ben Moubamba is married to Virginie Hubert-Moubamba. They have 3 children. The youngest is three months.
Political career
Ben Moubamba is standing as an independent candidate in the 30 August 2009 presidential election. He has been noted as making intensive use of social media in his campaign.
In a speech in Libreville, he declared that the leaders of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) had committed a "genocide" against their own people and were "repression professionals".
On July 29, he asked for the election to be suspended and for a new constitution to be drafted, arguing that the current one was "designed for the late Omar Bongo".
Ben Moubamba began a hunger strike in front of the National Assembly in mid-August 2009, demanding the resignation of the government and a delay in the election. On 20 August, officials from the Presidency asked him to stop the hunger strike, but he refused. Moubamba's condition had sufficiently deteriorated by 22 August that he fainted and was involuntarily hospitalized by his campaign workers.
References
- ^ Gabon: Bruno Ben Moubamba Investi candidat indépendant par ses partisans, Gabonews, 25 July 2009 Template:Fr icon.
- Gabon: Presidential Candidate Uses Social Media in Historic Election, Global Voices Online, 31 July 2009.
- Gabon: Un candidat veut rompre l'élection, le JDD, 29 July 2009 Template:Fr icon.
- "Hunger-striking Gabon presidential hopeful hospitalised", AFP, 22 August 2009.
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