Raymond Ndong Sima

Raymond Ndong Sima ( born January 23, 1955 in Oyem, French Equatorial Africa) is a politician from Gabon.

Life

He studied in France. He was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Planning and Economics in 1986, where he was assigned for structural adjustment and relations with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank take responsibility. In 1992 he was appointed Director General for Economic Affairs, he remained in this post, while retaining responsibility for the structural adjustment until 1994. Subsequently, he worked as Director General of Hévégab, a state of natural rubber company from 1994 to 1998.

He was appointed on 17 October 2009 Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development. In the parliamentary elections in December 2011, in which the ruling Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG ) won an overwhelming majority of seats, he was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate for Kyé in the province Woleu - Ntem.

Prime Minister Paul Mba Biyoghe resigned on 13 February 2012. President Ali Bongo appointed him on 27 February 2012 to the Prime Minister. His appointment was as remarkable as the Office of the Prime Minister has traditionally been occupied by an ethnic Fang from the province Estuary, as he comes from the province Woleu - Ntem, although he is also a catch. Prior to his appointment, he was not regarded as a particularly important figure on the political stage. On January 24, 2014, President Bongo appointed the former Vice- President of the National Assembly Daniel Ona Ondo as the new head of government.