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{{Short description|Gabonese politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Faustin Boukoubi
|image =
|image_caption =
|office = [[President of the National Assembly of Gabon]]
|predecessor = [[Richard Auguste Onouviet]] in April 2018
|successor = [[Jean-François Ndongou]]
|term_start = 11 January 2019
|term_end = 30 August 2023
|birth_place =
|birth_date = 20 March 1954
|death_date =
|party = [[Gabonese Democratic Party]]
}}
'''Faustin Boukoubi''' (born 20 March 1954<ref name=Challenge>[http://gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=10103 "Gabon : Le challenge de Faustin Boukoubi au secrétariat général du PDG"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923114723/http://www.gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=10103 |date=23 September 2008 }}, GabonEco, 22 September 2008 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref name=Safou>Martin Safou, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080929215426/http://gabonpage.com/ressources_g/actualite_a%20la_page_062008.php?Article=586 "Faustin Boukoubi, un technocrate à la tête du PDG (Bio express)"]}}, Gabonpage.com, 21 September 2008 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>) is a [[Gabon]]ese politician who served as the [[President of the National Assembly of Gabon]] since 11 January 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urgent Faustin Boukoubi PDG President Assemblee Nationale |url=https://www.gaboninitiatives.com/urgent-faustin-boukoubi-pdg-president-assemblee-nationale/ |website=www.gaboninitiatives.com}}</ref> and has been the Secretary-General of the [[Gabonese Democratic Party]] (PDG) since 2008. He previously served in the government of Gabon as Minister of Public Health from 1997 to 2004 and as Minister of Agriculture from 2004 to 2008.

==Education and early career==
Boukoubi was born in [[Dolisie]], located in [[Congo-Brazzaville]], in 1954,<ref name=Challenge/><ref name=Safou/><ref name=Who>"Boukoubi Faustin", ''Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 4, [http://www.africaintelligence.fr Africa Intelligence], 5 March 2002 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> and is from the [[Ogooué-Lolo Province]] of Gabon.<ref name=Pouvoir>Pierre Eric Mbog Batassi, [http://www.afrik.com/article15288.html "Gabon : Faustin Boukoubi, nouveau secrétaire général du parti au pouvoir"], Afrik.com, 24 September 2008 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> He attended primary and secondary school at [[Koula-Moutou]] before studying at the National Institute of Management Sciences in [[Libreville]], as well as the School of Administration and Management of Enterprises at [[Kobe University]] in [[Japan]].<ref name=Challenge/> He was a Research Officer at the Autonomous Absorption Fund from 1982 to 1984 and was Director of Public Debt from 1984 to 1990.<ref name=Safou/><ref name=Who/>

==Political career and government service==
Boukoubi was appointed to the government as Secretary of State for Budget and Investments, working under the Minister of Finance, in 1990, and after four years in that post he was appointed as Minister-Delegate for Budget and Investments at the same ministry in 1994.<ref name=Challenge/><ref name=Safou/><ref name=Who/> He served only briefly as a Minister-Delegate before becoming the Deputy Director-General of the [[Gabonese Union of Banks]]<ref name=Safou/><ref name=Who/> later in 1994.<ref name=Safou/> He remained in the latter post until<ref name=Safou/><ref name=Who/> he was appointed to the government as Minister of Public Health and Population on 28 January 1997.<ref>"Décret N° 144/PR, fixant la composition du Gouvernement", ''Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise'', January 1997, pages 2–3 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

On 25 January 1999,<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=21 November 2008 }}, IZF.net {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> Boukoubi was appointed as Minister-Delegate under the Minister of State for Public Health, Population, and Social Affairs, but he was quickly promoted back to the position of Minister of Public Health and Population on 10 February 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouveau vieux gouvernement gabonais |url=http://www.bdpgabon.org/ancien_site/bdp/gouvernement.htm |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027073143/http://www.bdpgabon.org/ancien_site/bdp/gouvernement.htm |archivedate=27 October 2004 |accessdate=10 January 2009}}, bdpgabon.org {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Gabon|National Assembly]] in the [[2001 Gabonese legislative election|December 2001 parliamentary election]] as a PDG candidate in Ogooué-Lolo Province<ref name=Who/> and was reappointed as Minister of Public Health on 27 January 2002.<ref name=IZF/> Speaking to the [[Senate of Gabon|Senate]] on 26 December 2003, he said that the health budget had been less than required to meet the needs of 20% of the population since 1998.<ref>[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=47838 "Gabon: Bongo aims to vaccinate 80 percent of children in 2004"], IRIN, 30 December 2003.</ref> He was moved to the position of Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Rural Development on 5 September 2004.<ref name=IZF/><ref>[http://www.bdpgabon.org/articles/categories/international/EpAuuZyZZESXmGaeup.shtml "Léger remaniement gouvernemental au Gabon"], Agence France-Presse, 5 September 2004 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

In the [[2006 Gabonese legislative election|December 2006 parliamentary election]], Boukoubi was elected to the National Assembly as the PDG candidate in Pana constituency, located in Ogooué-Lolo Province.<ref>[http://www.assemblee.ga/article.php3?id_article=5 "Liste des Députés par Circonscription"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403202654/http://www.assemblee.ga/article.php3?id_article=5 |date=3 April 2009 }}, National Assembly website (accessed 5 January 2009) {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> He was promoted to the rank of Minister of State, while holding the same portfolio, on 25 January 2007,<ref name=IZF/> but he lost the title of Minister of State in the government named on 28 December 2007, while remaining Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.<ref name=IZF/><ref>"Gabon : Le président Omar Bongo Ondimba remanie son gouvernement", Infosplusgabon, 29 December 2007 {{in lang|fr}}. {{Cite web |url=http://www.infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=1640 |title=InfosPlus Gabon - Gabon : le président Omar Bongo Ondimba remanie son gouvernement |access-date=8 January 2009 |archive-date=27 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527000557/http://www.infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=1640 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the PDG's 9th Ordinary Congress, held on 19–21 September 2008, Boukoubi was elected as the party's Secretary-General;<ref name=Pouvoir/><ref name=Fonctions>[http://www.infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=2468 "Gabon : Faustin Boukoubi a pris officiellement ses fonctions"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104111232/http://infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=2468 |date=4 January 2010 }}, Infosplusgabon, 26 September 2008 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> he officially succeeded [[Simplice Guedet Manzela]] as Secretary-General on 26 September.<ref name=Fonctions/> He then left his ministerial post when the next government was appointed on 7 October 2008.<ref name=IZF/><ref>[http://www.infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=2516 "Gabon : Remaniement du gouvernement gabonais"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104100114/http://infosplusgabon.com/article.php3?id_article=2516 |date=4 January 2010 }}, Infosplusgabon, 8 October 2008 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

Following the death of President Bongo in June 2009, Bongo's son, [[Ali Bongo Ondimba]], was designated as the PDG candidate for the [[2009 Gabonese presidential election|August 2009 presidential election]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130103034616/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jMzY0mpJFcZxxmEAtD62mGRYmmBw "Gabon rulers pick son of Bongo to contest presidential poll"], Agence France-Presse, 19 July 2009.</ref> Boukoubi was seen as one of Ali Bongo's main allies.<ref>[http://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/3127/No-Title "Après Bongo"], ''Africa Confidential'', volume 50, number 12, 12 June 2009.</ref>

In the [[2011 Gabonese legislative election|December 2011 parliamentary election]], Boukoubi easily won re-election to the National Assembly; he won the first seat for Pana and [[Haute-Lombo]], receiving 99.39% of the vote according to preliminary results.<ref>[http://infosgabon.com/?p=14502 "Législatives 2011 au Gabon : Le PDG triomphe en Ogooué-Lolo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527033649/http://infosgabon.com/?p=14502 |date=27 May 2012 }}, Infos Gabon, 20 December 2011 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

Boukoubi participated in the 2017 national political dialogue as a representative of the governing majority and acted one of the two co-presidents for the majority, along with [[Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet]].<ref>Mathieu Olivier, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/422238/politique/gabon-participants-duree-objectifs-quil-faut-savoir-dialogue-politique/ "Gabon : participants, durée, objectifs… Ce qu’il faut savoir sur le dialogue politique"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 29 March 2017 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Presidents of the National Assembly of Gabon]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Gabonese Democratic Party politicians]]
[[Category:Agriculture ministers of Gabon]]
[[Category:Health ministers of Gabon]]
[[Category:People from Niari Department]]
[[Category:People from Ogooué-Lolo Province]]
[[Category:21st-century Gabonese politicians]]

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