Marc Saturnin Nan Nguéma

Marc Saturnin Nan Nguéma (13 April 1934 – 7 November 2012) was a Gabonese economist and politician. He was the secretary-general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from 1981 to 1983 and was an opposition politician in Gabon from 1990 till his death.

He was the father of writer Bessora.

Career as an economist and diplomat A member of the Fang ethnic group, born in Lambaréné, He also worked as the deputy director-general of Elf Gabon prior to 1990 and was an adviser to Gabonese President Omar Bongo until 1990. He subsequently left the PGP to found the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) in mid-1992. In the election, he officially placed 10th with 0.86% of the vote. Nan Nguéma was subsequently the President of the Congress for Democracy and Justice (CDJ) until 2000, when the party was restructured at its Second Ordinary Congress and Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende assumed the leadership as its Secretary-General. for illegal arms possession after assault rifles were allegedly found buried at his property in Port-Gentil. According to Nan Nguéma and his lawyer, the weapons were legally obtained for protection during the turbulent political struggle of the early 1990s and he had no intent to use them aggressively. Bourdes-Ogouliguende denounced the arrest and alleged that it was part of an attempt to brand the CDJ as a terrorist organization.