Jean-Pierre Nonault

Jean-Pierre Nonault (born 1937[1]) is a Congolese politician and diplomat. He was Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1974 to 1979 and Ambassador to France from 1979 to 1984. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Senate of Congo-Brazzaville.

Personal life

Nonault's daughter, Arlette Soudan-Nonault is a former journalist and serves as the serves as Republic of Congo's Minister of Tourism and Environment.[2]

Diplomatic and political career

Nonault was born in Cuvette Department, located in the northern part of Congo-Brazzaville.[3] In 1971, under the single-party regime of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), he became government commissar of Kouilou Region.[1][3] He was appointed as Director of the Congolese Information Agency on 13 November 1973.[4] In 1974, President Marien Ngouabi appointed Nonault as Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to the Soviet Union;[5] he presented his credentials as ambassador in September 1974.[6] He was additionally accredited as Ambassador to Mongolia, presenting his credentials on 25 March 1976,[7] and as Ambassador to Hungary, presenting his credentials on 28 April 1976.[8]

Nonault was elected to the PCT Central Committee in 1979.[9] He was then appointed as Ambassador to France, presenting his credentials to President Giscard d'Estaing on 25 October 1979.[1] While residing in Paris, Nonault was also accredited as Ambassador to the United Kingdom beginning on 23 June 1980[10] and as Ambassador to Spain.[11] Nonault remained at his post in Paris for over four years; he returned to Congo-Brazzaville in 1984 and took up the post of Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[12] At the PCT's Third Ordinary Congress, held on 27–31 July 1984, he was re-elected to the PCT Central Committee.[13]

In July 2002, Nonault was elected to the Senate as a PCT candidate in Cuvette Region,[14] and he was designated as President of the Parliamentary Group of the United Democratic Forces and Allies in October 2002.[15] He was also President of the Collective of Cuvette Senators.[16] He was re-elected to the Senate in October 2005 as a PCT candidate in Cuvette Region. He received the votes of 56 electors, placing first and therefore winning the first of Cuvette's six available seats.[17] As the oldest senator, Nonault presided over the election of the Senate bureau for the new term, an honor customarily reserved for the eldest member of the body, when the Senate resumed meeting on 10 October 2005.[18]

Following the August 2008 Senate election, Nonault—still the oldest senator—again presided over the election of the Senate's bureau on 12 August 2008. The bureau from the previous Senate term was re-elected with only a few changes.[19]

In early 2011, Nonault was appointed by the PCT leadership to chair the five-member Preparatory Committee for the PCT's Sixth Extraordinary Congress.[20][21] At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress, held in July 2011, Nonault presided over the opening ceremony,[22] and he was designated as President of the PCT's National Control and Evaluation Commission.[23]

In the October 2011 Senate election, Nonault was re-elected to the Senate as a PCT candidate in Cuvette.[24][25]

References
  1. "M. Jean-Pierre Nonault ambassadeur en France", Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens, volume 35 (1979), page 2,963 (in French).
  2. "Gouvernement : Portrait d' Arlette Soudan-Nonault, le nouveau ministre du Tourisme et des loisirs". ADIAC-Congo. May 2, 2017.
  3. John F. Clark and Samuel Decalo, Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo, fourth edition (2012), Scarecrow Press, page 320.
  4. Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, issues 1,403–1,411 (1973), United States Joint Publications Research Service, page 20.
  5. West Africa, issues 2,951–2,975 (1974), page 548.
  6. The USSR and the Third World, volume 4 (1974), Central Asian Research Centre, page 369.
  7. Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, part 3 (1976), BBC Monitoring Service.
  8. Hungary 76 (1976), Pannonia Press, page 86.
  9. Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (1997), Karthala Editions, page 442 (in French).
  10. The London Diplomatic List (1984), pages 15 and 81.
  11. Le Mois en Afrique, volume 17, issues 194–199 (1982), page 173 (in French).
  12. Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens, issues 1,991–2,003 (1984), page 643 (in French).
  13. "Third Congolese Party Congress Issues Statement", Mweti, 1 August 1984, pages 4–6.
  14. ""Elections sénatoriales : les résultats officiels rendus publics à Brazzaville"". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-08.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 13 July 2002 (in French).
  15. ""Sénat : Les groupes parlementaires se mettent en place"". Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved 2011-07-19.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 31 October 2002 (in French).
  16. ""Développement de la Cuvette : Les sénateurs et conseillers du département se mobilisent"". Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-21.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 3 March 2005 (in French).
  17. ""Départements par départements, tous les résultats des élections sénatoriales"". Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-11.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 3 October 2005 (in French).
  18. ""Reconduit à la tête du Sénat, Ambroise Edouard Noumazalay ouvre la 12e session extraordinaire"". Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-21.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 11 October 2005 (in French).
  19. Thierry Noungou, ""Renouvellement du bureau du Sénat : Vincent Ganga et Dominique Lekoyi montent au perchoir"". Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-21.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 12 August 2008 (in French).
  20. Roger Ngombé, ""Les députés du PCT à l'Assemblée nationale favorables à la tenue du 6e congrès extraordinaire"". Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-10.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 15 April 2011 (in French).
  21. Pascal-Azad Doko, ""6ème congrès extraordinaire du P.c.t : Jean-Pierre Nonault à la tête de bureau de la coordination du comité préparatoire"". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-05.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), La Semaine Africaine, 13 April 2011 (in French).
  22. Pascal Azad Doko, "6ème congrès extraordinaire du Parti congolais du travail : Le P.c.t sur le chemin de sa revitalisation et de sa modernisation", La Semaine Africaine, 23 July 2011 (in French).
  23. Joël Nsoni, ""Denis Sassou Nguesso aux congressistes du P.c.t : "Les élections ne se gagnent pas dans les bureaux. Elles se gagnent sur le terrain""". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-17.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), La Semaine Africaine, 30 July 2011 (in French).
  24. ""Liste des élus aux élections sénatoriales"". Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 10 October 2011 (in French).
  25. "Elections sénatoriales partielles : bien organisé, le scrutin s'est déroulé dans la transparence", La Semaine Africaine, 12 October 2011 (in French).
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