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Michael Moussa Adamo

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Michael Moussa Adamo
Adamo in 2023
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
March 2022 – 20 January 2023
PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba
Preceded byPacôme Moubelet-Boubeya
Succeeded byHermann Immongault
Minister of Defense
In office
January 2020 – March 2022
PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba
Preceded byRose Christiane Raponda
Succeeded byFélicité Ongouori Ngoubili
Ambassador to the United States
In office
2011 – January 2020
PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba
Preceded byCarlos Victor Boungou
Succeeded byNoël Nelson Messone
Personal details
Born10 January 1961
Makokou, Gabon
Died20 January 2023(2023-01-20) (aged 62)
Gabon
Political partyGabonese Democratic Party

Michael Moussa Adamo (10 January 1961 – 20 January 2023) was a Gabonese politician and diplomat.

Career

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Moussa Adamo was born on 10 January 1961[1] in Makokou. He started out as a presenter on national television. In 2000, he was made chief of staff of defence minister Ali Bongo Ondimba. When Bongo was elected president in 2009, he served as Bongo's special adviser. Moussa Adamo served as Gabon's ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2020. After, he served as defence minister before becoming foreign minister. He died on 20 January 2023 after a heart attack while waiting to go into a cabinet meeting.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Gabon : Décès soudain du ministre des Affaires étrangères, Michaël Moussa-Adamo". 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Gabon foreign minister dies of heart attack while waiting to attend cabinet meeting". South China Morning Post. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Sudden death of Gabonese FM Michael Moussa Adamo". Afrikpage. Retrieved 22 January 2023.