Benjamin Bounkoulou (25 September 1942 – 23 August 2023) was a Congolese politician who served in the government of the Republic of the Congo as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1995 under President Pascal Lissouba.
[1] On 19 November 1987, replacing Stanislas Batchi, Bounkoulou was appointed Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to the United States; he presented his credentials on 21 December 1987.
[3] In 1990, Bounkoulou returned to Congo as Director-General of the Congolese Maritime Transport Company (Socotram) and remained in that post for two years.
[1] Pascal Lissouba won the August 1992 presidential election, and after taking office he appointed Bounkoulou to the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Hydrocarbons in September 1992.
[1] When the Union for the Republic (UR) was founded in March 1995, Bounkoulou became its President, and he has led the party since then.
[1] That government lasted only one month; rebels loyal to Denis Sassou Nguesso captured Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire on 14–15 October 1997, thereby ousting Lissouba and Kolelas.
[27] On 19 September 2012, Bounkoulou was designated as President of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Commission.