Gabonese MP Léandre Anoue Kiki dies aged 60
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Union
Gabonese MP Léandre Thomas Anoue Tourou Kiki, a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party, died on 10 November aged 60 during an Air France flight from Libreville to Paris. He was travelling to France for medical treatment, according to his family, while the party and National Assembly paid tribute to him.
Léandre Thomas Anoue Tourou Kiki, MP for the 1st arrondissement of Franceville for the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), died on Tuesday 10 November at around 4am aboard an Air France flight from Libreville to Paris. Family sources said he was travelling to France to receive medical treatment, according to L’Union.
Nicknamed “Wapacha”, Léandre Anoue Kiki had notably been a spokesperson for the PDG, director general of the National Agency for Vocational Training and Professional Development (ANFPP) and deputy director general of Gabon Oil Company (GOC), L’Union reports. He had still taken part in the PDG’s provincial council in Franceville the previous weekend.
The PDG offered its condolences to the MP’s family, while the president of the National Assembly paid tribute to a “senior state official and dedicated parliamentarian”, L’Union reports. The party was chaired by Blaise Louembe, according to the statement cited by the newspaper.
