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A life in pictures: Omar Bongo

Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo at European Union and Africa summit 2007
2007: Bongo at a European Union and Africa summit in Lisbon Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo, Visits the Elysee 1970
1970: France's President Georges Pompidou welcomes Bongo to the Elysée Palace Photograph: Christian Simonpietri/Corbis
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo practicing Thai chi 1970
1970: Bongo practising tai chi Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo meets Chinese leader Mao Tse-Tung in Beijing 1974
1974: Bongo in Beijing meeting the Communist chairman Mao Zedong Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo 1975
1975: Bongo at a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Lima, Peru Photograph: Diego Goldberg/Corbis
Omar Bongo obituary: Omar Bongo Visits Jacques Chirac 1976
1976: Bongo meets French prime minister Jacques Chirac (third from the right) during a state visit to Paris Photograph: Richard Melloul/Corbis
Omar Bongo obituary: Omar Bongo Meets Valery Giscard d'Estaing 1977
1977: Bongo meets President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in Paris Photograph: Richard Melloul/Corbis
Omar Bongo obituary: Mobutu Sese Seko and Omar Bongo 1979
1979: Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire and Bongo share a joke during the sixth Franco-African summit in Kigali, Rwanda Photograph: Richard Melloul/Corbis
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo in Libreville 1980
1980: Bongo in the Gabon capital, Libreville Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo at his office 1982
1982: Bongo at his office Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Omar Bongo obituary: President Jacques Chirac and President Omar Bongo 1995
1995: Jacques Chirac shakes hands with the crowd as Bongo holds his arm after the French president's arrival at Libreville airport. Chirac was in Gabon for the third leg of his tour of France's former African colonies Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo 1999
1999: Bongo speaks to journalists in France Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
Omar Bongo obituary: Presidents from Equatorial Guinea Teodoro
2000: (L-R) Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema with Bongo and President Idriss Deby of Chad during an inter-governmental summit of central African countries in Libreville Photograph: Desirey Minkoh/AFP/Getty Images
Omar Bongo obituary: President Jacques Chirac and President Omar Bongo 2005
2005: President Jacques Chirac is flanked by Bongo and Congo's Sassou Nguesso during a meeting of central African leaders Photograph: EPA
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo Paris 2006
2006: Bongo back at the Elysée Palace in Paris Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA
Omar Bongo obituary: President Omar Bongo and President Nicolas Sarkozy 2007
2007: Bongo with Nicolas Sarkozy of France in Libreville Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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