Gabriel Entcha-Ebia (born 24 August 1956)[1] is a Congolese politician. He served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of the Civil Service from 2002 to 2005, as Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2007, and as Minister of Post and Telecommunication in 2007. He was Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to Nigeria from 2009 to 2012 and Ambassador to the Central African Republic from 2012 to 2017.
Career
editBorn at Souanké, Entcha-Ebia studied in Paris and became a magistrate.[2] He was Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court from 1998 to 2002.[3] Associated with Jean-Dominique Okemba, a nephew of President Denis Sassou Nguesso and a powerful presidential adviser,[4][5] Entcha-Ebia was appointed to the government as Minister of the Civil Service and State Reform on 18 August 2002.[6] He was transferred to the post of Minister of Justice and Human Rights on 7 January 2005.[7]
After two years as Minister of Justice, Entcha-Ebia was instead appointed as Minister of Post and Telecommunications and New Communication Technologies on 3 March 2007.[8] However, he remained in that post for less than a year; he was dismissed from the government on 30 December 2007.[9]
Subsequently, Entcha-Ebia was appointed as Ambassador to Nigeria; he presented his credentials to Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on 2 April 2009.[10] He also published a book entitled 800 Days at the Ministry of the Civil Service and State Reform (Huit cents jours au ministère de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme de l'État) in 2009, followed by a book about Congolese state institutions, The Institutions of the Republic of Congo (Les Institutions de la République du Congo), in 2010.[2]
Prior to the sixth extraordinary congress of the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in July 2011, Entcha-Ebia merged his minor political party, MURC, into the PCT; various other minor parties merged into the PCT at the same time.[11]
After three years as Ambassador to Nigeria, Entcha-Ebia was appointed as Ambassador to the Central African Republic[12][13] on 3 May 2012.[13] As part of a restructuring of Congolese diplomacy, Entcha-Ebia was one of 16 ambassadors who were dismissed from their posts and recalled on 25 January 2017.[14]
References
edit- ^ Py-Nene Mayuma, «800 jours au ministère de la Fonction publique et de la réforme de l’Etat » de Gabriel Entcha-Ebia", Le Potentiel, number 4,591, 21 March 2009 (in French).
- ^ a b Désirée Hermione Ngoma, "Gabriel Entcha-Ebia publie un ouvrage sur les institutions du Congo", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 12 August 2010 (in French). "Les Dépêches de Brazzaville". Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Entcha Ebia Gabriel", Congo-Brazzaville: Les Hommes de Pouvoir, number 1, Africa Intelligence, 29 October 2002 (in French).
- ^ "Sécu et Pétrole chez le "Chef"", La Lettre du Continent, number 462, Africa Intelligence, 13 January 2005 (in French).
- ^ "Carte blanche au vice-président JDO", La Lettre du Continent number 513, Africa Intelligence, 8 March 2007 (in French).
- ^ "La composition du nouveau gouvernement congolais", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 19 August 2002 (in French). "Les Dépêches de Brazzaville". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ "Le président Denis Sassou Nguesso remanie le gouvernement congolais", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 8 January 2005 (in French). "Les Dépêches de Brazzaville". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Le Congo se dote d'un nouveau gouvernement", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 4 March 2007 (in French). "Les Dépêches de Brazzaville". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Formation d'un nouveau gouvernement au Congo", Panapress, 31 December 2007 (in French).
- ^ "Two ambassadors present letters", Nigeria First, 2 April 2009.
- ^ Pascal Azad Doko, "6ème congrès extraordinaire du Parti congolais du travail : Le P.c.t sur le chemin de sa revitalisation et de sa modernisation" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, La Semaine Africaine, 23 July 2011 (in French).
- ^ "Tours de manège chez les diplomates", La Lettre du Continent, number 634, Africa Intelligence, 3 May 2012 (in French).
- ^ a b "Décret n° 2012-395 du 3 mai 2012" Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Journal officiel de la République du Congo, number 19–2012, 10 May 2012, page 403 (in French).
- ^ Trésor Kibangula, "Congo : pourquoi Brazzaville a rappelé 16 de ses ambassadeurs", Jeune Afrique, 7 February 2017 (in French).