Rodolphe Adada
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Rodolphe Adada (born 28 April 1946 in Gamboma) is a politician in the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) who has served in the government under President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, most recently as Foreign Minister from 1997 to 2007. He is currently Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the African Union for Darfur.
Adada, a mathematician, joined the Central Committee of the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in 1972. Under Joachim Yhombi-Opango, he was appointed as Minister of Mines and Energy in the government named on 5 April 1977. He remained in the government under Sassou-Nguesso, who took power in 1979. He served as Minister of Mines and Energy until 1984, when he became Minister of Mines and Oil; in the government named on 13 August 1989, he became Minister of Secondary and Higher Education, in charge of Scientific Research.[1]
After Sassou-Nguesso returned to power in October 1997, Adada was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 1997. He was promoted to the rank of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the government named on January 7, 2005.[2]
Adada was elected to the National Assembly in the first round of the 2002 parliamentary election, held in May, as a PCT candidate in the first constituency of the 5th Arrondissement (Ouenze) of Brazzaville; he received 67.46% of the vote.[3]
Rodolphe Adada was to visit the People's Republic of China on behalf of the Republic of Congo, as announced by the Chinese government on their Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on 16 March 2004.[4]
On 8 May 2007, Adada was named Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the African Union for Darfur, in which capacity he is in charge of the peacekeeping mission there.[5] On 31 May, Basile Ikouébé was appointed as his replacement as Foreign Minister.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (1997), pages 241, 264, 280, 296, and 425.
- ^ "Remaniement du gouvernement congolais : départ du ministre des Finances", Congopage.com, January 7, 2005 (French).
- ^ "Elections législatives : les 51 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, June 5, 2002 (French).
- ^ "Minister Rodolphe Adada of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and French-Speaking Country Affairs of the Republic of Congo to Visit China", PRC Foreign Ministry announcement, March 16, 2004.
- ^ "UNMIS Office of the Spokesperson press briefing 09 May 2007", United Nations Mission in Sudan (Reliefweb.int), May 9, 2007.
- ^ "Nomination d'un nouveau ministre des Affaires étrangères", Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), June 1, 2007 (French).
