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'''Emile Doumba''' (born 29 October 1944<ref name=Who>"DOUMBA Emile", ''GABON: LES HOMMES DE POUVOIR N°4'', [http://www.africaintelligence.fr ''Africa Intelligence''], 5 March 2002 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>) is a [[Gabon]]ese politician. After heading the [[Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du Gabon]] (BICIG), he was [[Minister of Finance and Economy (Gabon)|Minister of Finance]] from 1999 to 2002,<ref name="finmins">{{Cite web|url=http://www.finances.gouv.ga/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=35|title=Ministère du Budget, des Comptes Publics, de la Fonction Publique, Chargé de la Réforme de l'Etat - Anciens Ministres|date=April 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418011101/http://www.finances.gouv.ga/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=35|archive-date=2010-04-18}}</ref> then Minister of the Forest Economy from 2002 to 2009. He was briefly Minister of Urban and Regional Planning from June 2009 to July 2009 and Minister of Energy, Hydraulic Resources, and New Energies from July 2009 to October 2009. Since October 2009, he has been Minister for Relations with Parliament and the Constitutional Institutions, Regional Integration, and [[NEPAD]], in charge of Human Rights.

==BICIG career and appointment as Finance Minister==

Doumba was born in [[Libreville]]<ref name=Who/> and began working at BICIG in September 1972, becoming its Director-General in 1980.<ref name=HD>David E. Gardinier and Douglas A. Yates, ''Historical Dictionary of Gabon'' (2006), Third Edition, page 89.</ref> After about 19 years in the latter post, he was appointed to the government as Minister of the Economy, Finance, Budget, and Privatization<ref name=Who/><ref name=IZF>[http://www.izf.net/pages/gouvernement/5894/ List of governments of Gabon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121161309/http://www.izf.net/pages/gouvernement/5894/ |date=November 21, 2008 }}, IZF.net {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> on 25 January 1999.<ref name=IZF/> Considered a competent and respected technocrat, Doumba was appointed as [[Minister of Finance and Economy (Gabon)|Minister of Finance]] to resolve a fiscal crisis caused by decreased oil revenue and overspending. It was thought that his reputation abroad could be helpful in the refinancing of Gabon's external debt. Although Doumba was successful, some other members of the regime disliked his reliance on [[austerity]] measures, concerned that their own interests could be adversely affected.<ref name=HD/>

==Political career since 2001==
In the [[2001 Gabonese legislative election|December 2001 parliamentary election]], Doumba was elected to the [[National Assembly of Gabon|National Assembly]] as a candidate of the [[Gabonese Democratic Party]] (PDG) in [[Ogooué-Lolo Province]];<ref name=Who/> after the election, he was moved to the post of Minister of the Forest Economy, Water and Fishing, in charge of the Environment and the Protection of Nature,<ref name=Who/><ref name="IZF"/> on 27 January 2002.<ref name=IZF/> President [[Omar Bongo]]'s decision to remove him from the Ministry of Finance was attributed to the opposition his austerity measures had engendered among other members of the regime.<ref name=HD/> Doumba's portfolio was altered on 21 January 2006, when he was appointed as Minister of the Forest Economy, Water, Fishing, and National Parks, again on 28 December 2007, when he was appointed as Minister of the Forest Economy, Water, and Fishing, and finally on 14 January 2009, when he was appointed as simply Minister of the Forest Economy.<ref name=IZF/>

After more than seven years as Minister of the Forest Economy, he was instead appointed as Minister of Urban and Regional Planning (''Aménagement du territoire'') and the Evaluation of Public Policy on 19 June 2009, following the death of President Bongo.<ref>[http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2007.php?Article=7902 "Gabon: Composition du nouveau Gouvernement de Jean Eyeghé Ndong, reconduit dans ses fonctions"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621182709/http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2007.php?Article=7902 |date=2009-06-21 }}, Gabonews, 20 June 2009 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> He was then moved to the post of Minister of Energy, Hydraulic Resources, and New Energies on 22 July 2009.<ref>[http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2007.php?Article=8257 "Gabon: Un nouveau Gouvernement à une quarantaine de jours de la présidentielle anticipée"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726083251/http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2007.php?Article=8257 |date=2009-07-26 }}, Gabonews, 23 July 2009 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

After Bongo's son, [[Ali Bongo Ondimba]], won the [[2009 Gabonese presidential election|30 August 2009 presidential election]], Doumba was moved to the post of Minister for Relations with Parliament and the Constitutional Institutions, Regional Integration, and NEPAD, in charge of Human Rights, on 17 October 2009.<ref>[http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2009.php?Article=9118 "Gabon: Liste complète du nouveau gouvernement gabonais"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021042403/http://www.gabonews.ga/actualite/actualites_2009.php?Article=9118 |date=2009-10-21 }}, Gabonews, 17 October 2009 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

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