Noureddin Bongo Valentin

Noureddin Bongo Valentin is a Gabonese [nationality law|Gabonese] politician and the eldest son of former president Ali Bongo and Sylvia Bongo Ondimba.

Biography

Bongo Valentin was educated at Eton College in the United Kingdom.
On 5 December 2019, Bongo Valentin was named by his father as the general coordinator of presidential affairs within his administration. The office became vacant on 13 September 2021. Bongo Valentin obtained a diplomatic passport a week earlier.
He was arrested during the Gabonese coup d'état">Gabonese nationality law">Gabonese coup d'état for alleged treason and corruption. On November 11, 2025, he and his mother Sylvia were convicted of concealment and embezzlement of public funds, money laundering, criminal association and forgery by a special criminal court in Libreville and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.