Martin Bongo is a Gabon

Gabon

Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

 political figure and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Gabon

Foreign Minister of Gabon

Here is a list of Gabon's Foreign Ministers.* 1960 - 1961 André Gustave Anguilé* 1961 - 1963 Jean-Hilaire Aubame* 1963 Jean François Ondo* 1963 - 1964 Joseph Ngoua* 1964 Léon M'ba* 1964 - 1965 Pierre Auguste Avaro* 1965 - 1967 Jean Engone...

 from 1976 to 1989.

Bongo, a nephew of President Omar Bongo

Omar Bongo

El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....

, was born in Lekei, located in Haut-Ogooué Province. In 1989, President Bongo appointed his son, Ali-Ben Bongo

Ali-Ben Bongo

Ali Bongo Ondimba is a Gabonese politician who has been President of Gabon since October 2009.Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009...

, to succeed Martin Bongo as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Bongo was the Special Representative of the African Union

African Union

The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...

 to Congo-Kinshasa as of 2003.