Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Omar Bongo across 6 places, from 1957 to 2009.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Omar Bongo was documented, and when
1957year
Francevilleattested“They had a daughter, Pascaline Bongo Ondimba, born at Franceville in 1957.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1973year
Libyaattested“Bongo converted to Islam and took the name El Hadj Omar Bongo while on a visit to Libya in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1993year
Franceattested“When Gabon found itself on the brink of a civil war after the first multiparty presidential elections in 1993, with the opposition staging violent protests, Paris hosted the talks between Bongo and the opposition, resulting in the Paris…”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1993year
Parisattested“When Gabon found itself on the brink of a civil war after the first multiparty presidential elections in 1993, with the opposition staging violent protests, Paris hosted the talks between Bongo and the opposition, resulting in the Paris…”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
14 March 2009exact date
Rabatattested“She died on 14 March 2009 in Rabat, Morocco, four days after her 45th birthday, after undergoing medical treatment for several months.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
7 June 2009exact date
Spainattested“On 7 June 2009, unconfirmed reports quoting French media and citing sources "close to the French government" reported that Bongo had died in Spain of complications from advanced cancer.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
18 June 2009exact date
Francevilleattested“Bongo's remains were then flown to Franceville, the main town in the southeastern province of Haut-Ogooue, where he was born, where he was buried in a private family burial on 18 June 2009.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
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1960year
Francementioned“With its oil, a fifth of the world's known uranium (Gabonese uranium supplied France's nuclear bombs, which President Charles de Gaulle tested in the Algerian deserts in 1960), big iron and manganese deposits, and plenty of timber, Gabon…”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1961year
Haut Ogoouémentioned“Sandoungout in Haut Ogooué in the 1961 parliamentary election, choosing not to run for election in his own right; Sandoungout was elected and became Minister of Health.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1964year
Librevillementioned“In 1964, during the only coup attempt in 20th-century Gabon, M'ba was kidnapped and Bongo was held in a military camp in Libreville, though M'ba was restored to power two days later.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1966year
Parismentioned“Bongo became vice president in 1966 after what was effectively an interview and subsequent approval by de Gaulle in 1965 in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
December 1981month
Librevillementioned“This moderate opposition group sponsored demonstrations by students and academic staff at the Université Omar Bongo in Libreville in December 1981, when the university was temporarily closed.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1988year
Gabonmentioned“In 1988, the New York Times reported that "Last year, French aid to Gabon amounted to US$360 million.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
1990year
Gabonmentioned“[A]ccording to Le Canard enchaîné, a French opposition weekly, US$2.6 million of this aid also went for the interior decoration of a DC-8 jet belonging to President Bongo." In 1990, France, which has always maintained a permanent militar…”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
November 1994month
Parismentioned“These talks led to the Paris Accords in November 1994, under which several opposition figures were included in a government of national unity.”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
2004year
Gabonmentioned“In 2004, The New York Times reported that: Peru is investigating claims that a beauty pageant contestant was lured to Gabon to become the lover of its 67-year-old president, Omar Bongo, and was stranded for nearly two weeks after she ref…”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
June 2007month
Francementioned“As of June 2007, Bongo, along with President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo, Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea and José Eduardo dos Santos from Angola was being investi…”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
June 2007month
Angolamentioned“As of June 2007, Bongo, along with President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo, Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea and José Eduardo dos Santos from Angola was being investi…”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
20 June 2008exact date
Francementioned“The Sunday Times (UK) reported on 20 June 2008 as follows:A mansion worth £15m in one of Paris's most elegant districts has become the latest of 33 luxury properties bought in France by President Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon ...”source: Wikipedia: Omar Bongo
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