Franck Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (2 April 1961[1] – 11 June 2020[2]) was a Gabonese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Gabon from 2016 to 2019.

Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet was born in Makokou, Ogooué-Ivindo Province in Gabon on 2 April 1961 and was a member of the Kota ethnic group.

[3] During the same period, Issoze-Ngondet was also the Chairman of the African Union's Sub-Committee on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons.

[12] He was promoted to the rank of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, La Francophonie and Regional Integration on 11 September 2015.

Despite Bongo's earlier statements about forming an inclusive government, representatives of the opposition were largely absent; although Bruno Ben Moubamba, who placed a distant third in the election, was appointed as deputy prime minister, no one associated with the main opposition leader, Jean Ping, was included in the 40-member government.

[3] He wrote a French language novel, An Ascetic in the Court (Un Ascète dans la cour), which was published by L'Harmattan[1][21] on 14 February 2007.