(1942-11-24) 24 November 1942 (age 81) Omboué, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon)
Residence
Libreville[1]
Alma mater
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Jean Ping (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃piŋ]; born 24 November 1942)[2][3][4] is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who served as Chair of the African Union Commission from 2008 to 2012. Born to a Chinese father and Gabonese mother, he is the first individual of Chinese descent to lead the executive branch of the African Union.[5]
He served as the Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Francophonie of the Gabonese Republic from 1999 to 2008, and was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 2004 to 2005. He stood for the 2016 Gabonese presidential election against president Ali Bongo.
^"Jean Ping a reçu à sa résidence des diplomates européens". GABONACTU.COM (in French). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^UN profile page.
^"Jean Ping Ministre des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération et de la Francophonie", Jeune Afrique, 5 January 2003 (in French).
^"Gabon: Biographie du nouveau président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine, Jean Ping"[permanent dead link], Gabonews, 2 February 2008 (in French).
^"Who is Jean Ping, the man who could be Gabon's next president?". Newsweek. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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including President of Malawi and the African Union, Bingu wa Mutharika, JeanPing of the African Union Commission and the Presidents of Benin, Cape Verde...
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narrowly re-elected against opposition candidate JeanPing, armed clashes between supporters of Ping, who claimed victory, and police erupted, resulting...
Nations: Secretary-General Kofi Annan, President of the General Assembly JeanPing UNESCO: Director-General Koichiro Matsuura European Union: President...
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become the first female head of the African Union Commission, replacing JeanPing of Gabon. Other AU structures are hosted by different member states: the...
Wade's concession was a show of "maturity." The Commission's chairman JeanPing said the peaceful conduct of the election "proved that Africa, despite...
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marrying Chinese businessmen who moved to Uganda. Gabonese politician JeanPing is the son of a Chinese father and Gabonese mother. New interest in Kenya's...