Jean-Félix Mamalepot

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Jean-Félix Mamalepot (December 28, 1940 – December 12, 2012) was a Gabonese banker who was Governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) from 1990 to 2007.[1]

Life and career[]

Mamalepot was born at in the Haut-Ogooué Province of Gabon;[2] he was a member of the . He was educated in France and joined the in 1968. In 1970, he joined the as Deputy Director-General and then as Director-General, remaining in that post until 1990. He briefly served as Finance Adviser to Prime Minister Casimir Oyé-Mba in 1990.[1]

Prior to Oyé-Mba's appointment as Prime Minister of Gabon, he had been Governor of the BEAC, and Mamalepot was appointed to replace Oyé-Mba as BEAC Governor on July 24, 1990;[1][3] he took over that post in October 1990.[1][2]

The Conference of the Heads of State of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) decided to replace Mamalepot as BEAC Governor in April 2007.[3] He was instead appointed as High Commissioner to the Presidency of Gabon, in charge of the establishment of the —a special economic area on the island of Mandji at Port-Gentil—on June 21, 2007.[4]

Subsequently, Mamalepot was elected for a three-year term as President of the Council of Administration of the National Health Insurance and Social Security Fund (Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie et de garantie sociale) on 26 November 2008.[5] He was hospitalized in Paris at the Hôpital Cochin in November 2012, and he died at his home in Libreville on 12 December 2012.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Gabon : Jean Félix Mamalepot quitte la tête de la BEAC" Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, InfoPlusGabon, May 1, 2007 (in French).
  2. ^ a b "Mamalepot Jean-Félix", Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir, number 4, Africa Intelligence, March 5, 2002 (in French).
  3. ^ a b Séverin Alega Mbele, "CEMAC: Jean Félix Mamalepot débarqué de la BEAC" Archived 2007-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, Cameroon-info.net, April 26, 2007 (in French).
  4. ^ "Jean-Félix Mamalepot coopté Haut-Commisaire à la présidence de la République" Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, InfoPlusGabon, June 23, 2007 (in French).
  5. ^ Kevin Doukaga Doukaga, "Gabon: Jean Félix Mamalepot premier président du conseil d'administration de la Caisse d'assurance maladie (BIO)", Gabonews, 26 November 2008 (in French).
  6. ^ Georges Dougueli, "Gabon : Jean-Félix Mamalepot est décédé", Jeune Afrique, 13 December 2012 (in French).


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