15 Facts About Pierre Ngolo

Pierre Ngolo was born on 27 June 1954 and is a Congolese politician who has been Secretary-General of the Congolese Labour Party since August 2011.

Pierre Ngolo was First Secretary of the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville from 2002 to 2012.

Pierre Ngolo has served as the President of the Senate of Congo-Brazzaville since 2017.

Pierre Ngolo attended the Marien Ngouabi University in Brazzaville, where he studied philosophy, and subsequently he continued his studies at Reims.

Pierre Ngolo was included as one of the 75 members of the National Transitional Council, which served as a transitional legislature from 1998 to 2002, and was designated as First Secretary of the CNT.

Pierre Ngolo was additionally assigned responsibility for the National Assembly's relations with the African Parliamentary Union.

In early 2011, Pierre Ngolo was designated as First Rapporteur of the Preparatory Committee for the PCT's Sixth Extraordinary Congress.

At the Sixth Extraordinary Congress, held in Brazzaville in July 2011, Pierre Ngolo was elected as Secretary-General of the PCT.

Pierre Ngolo was reportedly viewed as a "man of compromise": "an open conservative, anxious to preserve the identity of the party, while understanding the need for change".

Pierre Ngolo dismissed allegations of fraud from the opposition and said that the PCT was committed to "democratic pluralism".

Pierre Ngolo was officially succeeded by Gabriel Valere Eteka Yemet, who had been elected to replace him, at a handover ceremony on 11 September 2012.

Pierre Ngolo continued to serve as a Deputy in the National Assembly, however.

Pierre Ngolo campaigned extensively to support the PCT's candidates in the September 2014 local elections, launching the campaign at Ouesso on 12 September and then going to Ongoni, Pointe-Noire, and Brazzaville.

Pierre Ngolo confirmed on 25 April 2017 that he would stand for re-election as the PCT candidate in the first constituency of Ouenze in the 2017 parliamentary election.

However, the PCT chose not to renominate Pierre Ngolo to stand for another term.