Michael Moussa Adamo a Gabon Foreign Minister dies on Friday after a heart attack while waiting to attend a cabinet meeting in Libreville.
The death was confirmed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba. He described Mr. Adamo as a great diplomat and veritable statesman.
Moussa Adamo was born in the northeastern town of Makokou in 1961 and started as a presenter on national television.
Moussa Adamo a long-standing ally of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, suffered a heart attack and died “despite efforts by specialists” to revive him, the government said in a brief statement.