Gabon’s Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo, 62, who is a long-standing ally of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, slumped and died on Friday.
According to a government statement, he suffered a heart attack and died “despite efforts by specialists” to revive him.
He “sat down in the waiting room” just before the start of the cabinet meeting “in the presence of some of his government colleagues and began to feel unwell”, a source close to the presidential palace told AFP.
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He was taken to a military hospital while unconscious but died just after midday (1100 GMT), the source who spoke on condition of anonymity said
President Ali Bongo while reacting to the incident tweeted, ” He was a very great diplomat, a true statesman. For me, he was, first of all a friend, loyal and faithful, whom I could always count on.”
The minister was a well-known television broadcaster before joining politics.
The 62-year-old served in different political offices before he became foreign minister, last year.
