Herbert Gontran Djono Ahaba
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
Assumed office
24 June 2021
PresidentFaustin-Archange Touadéra
Prime MinisterHenri-Marie Dondra
Félix Moloua
Preceded byArnaud Djoubaye Abazène
Minister of Energy Development and Hydraulic Resources
In office
12 September 2017 – 10 June 2021
PresidentFaustin-Archange Touadéra
Prime MinisterSimplice Sarandji
Firmin Ngrébada
Preceded byLéopold Mboli Fatrane
Succeeded byArthur Bertrand Piri
Minister of State in charge of Public Works, Town Planning, Housing and Public Buildings
In office
27 January 2014 – 22 August 2014
PresidentCatherine Samba-Panza
Prime MinisterAndré Nzapayeké
Preceded byJérémie Tchimanguere (housing)
Rizigala Ramadane (town planning)
Crépin Mboli-Goumba (public works)
Succeeded byGilbert Kongrengbo (housing)
Jacques Ndémanga (town planning and public buildings)
Marie-Noëlle Koyara (public works)
Minister of State for Mines, Petroleum, Energy and Hydraulics
In office
31 March 2013 – 27 January 2014
PresidentMichel Djotodia
Prime MinisterNicolas Tiangaye
Preceded byHimself (Geology, Mining Research and Hydraulics)
Succeeded byOlivier Malibangar
Minister of Geology, Mining Research and Hydraulics
In office
13 February 2013 – 31 March 2013
PresidentFrançois Bozizé
Michel Djotodia
Prime MinisterNicolas Tiangaye
Preceded byLéopold Mboli Fatran (Energy and Hydraulics)
Obed Namsio (Mines)
Succeeded byHimself (Mines, Petroleum, Energy and Hydraulics)
Minister of Housing and Accommodation
In office
22 April 2011 – 23 May 2011
PresidentFrançois Bozizé
Prime MinisterFaustin-Archange Touadéra
Preceded byDjollo-Djidou
Succeeded byJoseph Kalite
Personal details
Born(1974-02-07)7 February 1974
Birao, Central African Republic
Political partyRPRC
Alma materUniversity of Bangui
OccupationPolitician

Herbert Gontran Djono Ahaba (born 7 February 1974) is a Central African politician from Vakaga Prefecture who is currently serving as a minister of transport and civil aviation.

Early life and education

Djono was born on 7 February 1974 in Birao. His father, Djouma Abdassid, was a Water and Forestry Service officer. He finished his elementary education in 1983 and continued his studies at Collège d’Enseignement Général in Birao, graduating in 1990. One year later, he enrolled at Lycée de Gobongo and graduated in 1996. Afterward, he continued his higher education at the University of Bangui and finished in 2000. He then took Financial Management Administration postgraduate education at Ecole Nationale d’Administration et Magistrature in Yaounde from 2000 to 2003.[1][2]

Career

He began his career in civil service as a tax inspector in 2004. Later, he served in various positions in the Ministry of Finance and Budget. He was elected as a member of National Assembly representing Birao 2 District in 2011. In the same year, Touadera appointed Abaha as minister of housing and accommodation from April to May 2011.[3][4][2] On 6 January 2012, he was arrested together with Jean-Jacques Demafouth, Mahamat Abrass, and Abdel Kader Kalil with the accusation of conspiring against national security and later was released on 11 April.[5]

Tiangaye appointed Djono as minister of Geology, Mining Research, and Hydraulics in February 2013. Then, he was appointed minister of state for mines, petroleum, energy, and hydraulics on 31 March 2013. He held this position until January 2014.[1] During his tenure as minister of mines, he attempted to lift the CAR's suspension from the Kimberley Process and signed decrees of gold & diamond mining concessions unbeknownst to the prime minister and directors of the mining administration. The latter was done to avoid scrutiny.[6][7]

Under the Nzapayeké cabinet, he became the minister of State in charge of public works, town planning, housing, and public buildings until August 2014. Afterward, he moved to France.[8] In September 2017, Sarandji placed Djono as minister of energy development and hydraulic resources until June 2021. When he served in this ministerial position, he rehabilitated 15 pumps in Bangui to solve the water crisis issue, in which the government was responsible for two pump rehabilitations. At the same time, the World Bank rehabilated the rest under the Passel Project.[9] Meanwhile, he also got involved in DDR operation.[10] From June 2021 to the present, he is the minister of Transport and Civil Aviation. As a minister of transport and civil aviation, he created the administration for the transitional management for Société Centrafricaine des Transports Fluviaux (SOCATRAF) to assess the company's current condition and evaluate the SOCATRAF asset.[11]

In 2023, Djono Ahaba was awarded as the best Central African minister by a Cameroon organization. However, the award received criticism and laughing stock due to his lack of achievement as a transport minister.[12]

RPRC

Djono also became the founder of RPRC in November 2014 and served as the political leader.[13][14] As a leader of RPRC, he signed the DDRR Agreement at the Bangui Forum on 10 May 2015, played a vital role in demanding the resignation of Firmin Ngrébada, represented the party during the Khartoum Talks.[15][16][17] Nevertheless, he was later reappointed as Minister of Energy Development and Hydraulic Resources on 22 March 2019.[17]

Personal life

Djono is a nephew of Michel Djotodia and belongs to Gula.[14][18] He is married and has six children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ministre du Développement de I'Energie et des Ressources Hydrauliques". gouv.cf. Central African Republic Government. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 Gbokoché, Simon. "Centrafrique : Herbert Gotran Djono Ahaba ou l'itinéraire d'un homme d'Etat au service de ses compatriotes". lepotentielcentrafricain.com. Le Potentiel Centrafricain. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Ndeke Luka, Ndeke Luka. "Enfin le gouvernement Touadéra 3 !". radiondekeluka.org. Radio Ndeke Luka. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Bradshaw, Richard; Rius, Juan Fandos (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Historical Dictionaries of Africa). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 361.
  5. ↑ Report of the Mapping Project documenting serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of Central African Republic between January 2003 and December 2015 (PDF) (Report). MINUSCA. May 2017. p. 82. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Weyns, Yannick; Hoex, Lotte; Hilgert, Filip; Spittaels, Steven (November 2014). Mapping Conflict Motives: The Central African Republic (PDF) (Report). p. 30. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Weyns, Yannick; Hoex, Lotte; Hilgert, Filip; Spittaels, Steven (November 2014). Mapping Conflict Motives: The Central African Republic (PDF) (Report). p. 36. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Yavili, Jean-Baptiste. "Centrafrique: pourquoi Ndjono Ahaba Guetrand, ancien Ministre de Bozizé, de Djotodia et de Samba-Panza, est traqué par interpol". corbeaunews-centrafrique.org. Corbeau News Centrafrique. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  9. ↑ Patrick, Patrick. "Centrafrique: Le Ministre Herbert Gontran Djono Ahaba et ses actions pour la fin de pénurie d'eau dans la ville de Bangui". lepotentielcentrafricain.com. Le Potentiel Centrafricain. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  10. ↑ Ndeke Luka, Ndeke Luka. "Centrafrique: une mission sur le DDR à Bria dans la Haute-Kotto". radiondekeluka.org. Radio Ndeke Luka. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Patrick, Patrick. "RCA: Le MInistre des Transports Djono Ahaba Une Administration Provisoire Pour La Gestion Transitoire de La SOCATRAF". lepotentielcentrafricain.com. Le Potentiel Centrafricain. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Nzilo, Alain. "De la rébellion à la récompense : Herbert Gotran Djono Ahaba, le ministre centrafricain des transports dans l'absurdité". corbeaunews-centrafrique.org. Corbeau News Centrafrique. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Mamadou, Alain Patrick. "Le RPRC, une initiative de Herbert-Gotran Djono-Ahaba, pour pacifier et développer la République Centrafricaine". acap.cf. Agence Centrafrique Presse. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Commander Airs Doubts About CAR Disarmament Pact". reliefweb.int. VOA. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Agreement between the Transitional Government and the armed groups on the principles of disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation and of integration into the uniformed State forces of the Central African Republic (DDRR Agreement)". peaceagreements.org. The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  16. ↑ Ngaba, Erick. "Centrafrique : huis-clos des pourparlers de Khartoum entre le gouvernement et les groupes rebelles". ndjonisango.com. Ndjoni Sango. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  17. 1 2 United Nations Security Council (30 July 2019). Letter dated 30 July 2019 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2454 (2019) addressed to the President of the Security Council (PDF) (Report). p. 48. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  18. ↑ Natalia Dukhan (10 August 2017). Splintered Warfare: Alliances, affiliations, and agendas of armed factions and politico-military groups in the Central African Republic (PDF) (Report). Enough Project. p. 7. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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