CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Jean
Surname: PING
Nationality: Gabonese
Date of birth: 24th November 1942 in
Place of Birth: Omboué (Etimboué), Republic of Gabon
Marital status: Married with children
education Background:
- Primary school: ?EcolePrimaired’Omboué“
- Secondary school : ?Lycée Léon National Mba“, Libreville
- Higherstudies: Université de Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne
(France)
university DEGREE:
- B. A. and Master, Université de Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, Faculty of Law and Economics, ASSAS-Panthéon.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Economics (D. E. S. ), Université de Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, Faculty of Law and Economics, Panthéon - Sorbonne.
- PhD in Economics, Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Languages:
Fluent in French, English and Myéné (Gabonese ethniclanguage)
Professional Background:
I. 1972-1978: International Civil Servant (UNESCO)
15/04 - 09/1972: Trainee in Paris and Algeria.
1972 - 1977: Administrator, Office of the Under-Director General in charge of Education.
1977- 1978: Executive Officer of the Assistant Director General for Cooperation for Development and External Relations.
II. 1978 - 1984: Diplomat
10/08 - 29/12/1978: First Counsellor, Embassy of the Gabonese Republic to France; Deputy Permanent Delegate to the UNESCO.
28/12/1978-26/03/ 1984: Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Permanent Delegate to the UNESCO.
III. 1984 - 1990 and 1991: Chief of Staff at the President’s Office
IV. 1990 - 2004: Minister
26/02/ - 29/04/ 1990: Minister of Information, Post and Telecommunication, Tourism and Leisure, Parastatal Reform, in charge of Relations with the Parliament, Official Speaker of the Government.
29/04/1990 - 06/1991: Minister of Mining, Energy and Hydraulic Resources.
2/08/1992 - 24/03/ 1994: Minister of Mining, Energy and Hydraulic Resources.
25/03/1994 - 29/10/1994:Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation.
30/10/1994-25/01/1997: Deputy Minister of Finance.
27/01/1997- 25/01/1999: Minister of Planning, Environment and Tourism.
25/01/1999-20/01/2006: Senior Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Co-operation and Francophony.
20/01/2006-25/01/2007: Vice Prime Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Co-operation, Francophony and Regional Integration.
V. April 2008 to date: Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union
VI. Other national and international activities:
1978 - 1980: Vice-Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer of the African Group at the UNESCO.
1980 - 1983:
- Chairman of the African Group at the UNESCO.
- Vice-Chairman of the Group of 77 at the UNESCO.
1983: Chairman of the Drafting and Negotiation Group (D. N. G.) of the 22nd Session of the General Conference of the UNESCO.
1983 - 1984: Member of the International Independent Committee for the Development of World Telecommunications of the International Union of Telecommunications (I.U.T.).
1983 - 1987: Member of the Executive Council of theUNESCO.
1992 - 1993: Member of the Permanent Council of Francophony.
1993: Chairman of the Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC).
1996-2001: MP - National Assembly
1997 - 1998: Chairman of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (23rd Session).
1997 - 1998: Governor of the World Bank.
1999: Chairman of the AUO Council of Minister.
2001-2006: Re-elected MP – National Assembly
09/2004-09/2005: Elected Chairman of the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly.
17/12/2006: Re-elected MP – National Assembly
01/02/2008 – 15/07/2012 Chairperson of the African Union Commission
VII. Honours:
- Member of the National Association of PhD-holders in Economics (ANDESE – France).
- Commander of the Equatorial Star (Gabon)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
- Officer of the Pleiades, Order of the Francophony
- Grand Cross of Merit (Portugal)
- Grand Officer of Wissam Al Alaoui (Morocco)
- Chinese Diplomatic Institute
- Grand Cross of the Order of Bernado Higgius (Chili)
- Commander of the Ordre National du Bénin 2011 (Benin)
- Abolitionist of the Year Award, Rome, Italy “Hands Off Cain” – 2010
- Honorary Citizen, Osun State, Nigeria – 2010
- Honorary Citizen, State of Georgia, USA – 2011
- Morhouse College Presidential Award – 2011
- Africa Diaspora Leadership Award (USA) – 2011
- Doctor HonorisCausa of the Chinese Diplomatic Institute
- Doctor HonorisCausa of the African Studies Institute of the Academy of Science of Moscow in May 2004 (Russia)
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VIII. Publications:
- Thesis: Some External Factors Impeding the Growth and Development of Gabon, Paris, 1970.
- PhD thesis: The Economy of Gabon: Development or Impact of Structure, Paris, 1975.
- Doubts, Fears and Hopes, in ?Le Courrier de l’ UNESCO“, UNESCO, March 1983; translated into four languages (Englisch, Spanisch, Russian und Arabic).
- Globalisation, Peace, Democracy and Development in Africa: The Gabonese Experience, L’ Harmattan, Paris, 2002; translated into Russian in 2004.
- Et l’Afrique brillera de milles feux. Ed. L’Harmattan, Paris, 2009.
- Author of various articles and reports on the national and international level.
IX. Member or Head of delegation at numerous international conferences and meetings such as:
- UN:
o A number of UN conferences and meetings such as the UN General Assemblies and the UN special sessions.
- AUO/AU/NEPAD:
o Several conferences of heads of state and government of the AUO and AU, as well as ministerial sessions of the AUO/AU and NEPAD.
- UNESCO:
o Various international conferences and meetings of the UNESCO among which general conferences of the UNESCO from 1978 to 1983.
- Non aligned:
o Various conferences of heads of state and government of the non-aligned countries and various ministerial sessions.
- OIC:
o Various conferences of heads of state and government and summits of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, and
o Council of Governors of the IBD.
- OPEC:
o Various ministerial conferences of the Organisation Petroleum-Exporting Countries.
- World Bank :
o Various annual Assemblies of the Council of Governors of the World Bank (1997-1998).
- Francophony:
o Various heads of state and government of countries sharing the French language, and various ministerial meetings.
- France-Africa Conference:
o Various conferences and summits France/Africa between 1984 and 2006.
- ACP/EU:
o Various ministerial sessions of ACP Group of States and ACP/EU.
- Under regional conferences:
o Various conferences of UDEAC/CEMAC, CEEAC, C.G.G.
- OTHER SUMMITS AND MEETINGS:
o China/Africa Forum; TICAD (Japan/Africa); AGOA (USA/Africa).
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