Julien Nkoghe Bekale (born 9 January 1962) is a Gabonese politician who served as the prime minister of Gabon from 2019 to 2020.

In the aftermath of the 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt, he was appointed prime minister by president Ali Bongo Ondimba[2] on 12 January 2019.

[3] Before starting his political career, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé was Deputy Prosecutor, then Judge in the jurisdictions of Franceville, Oyem and Libreville.

[5] In 1993, he was appointed legal adviser to Paul Biyoghe Mba and then Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry and High Commissioner.

[9] He then joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development, from February 2012 to January 2014, in the government of Raymond Ndong Sima.

[8] À la suite d’un remaniement par décret présidentiel, il quitte ce ministère le 23 juillet 2018.

[11] He is appointed Minister for Labour and Employment, with responsibility for Vocational Training, on 23 July 2018, to replace Arnaud Calixte Engandji Alandji.

[11] On 12 October 2018, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé was elected, in the first round, with 58.08% of the votes, deputy of the first seat of the department of Komo Mondah (commune of Ntoum) in his native province of the Estuary.

[15] During his premiership, Julien Nkoghe Bekalé defended the reforms carried out by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, concerning, among other things, the reduction of expenditure, the diversification of the economy and the fight against inflation.

The Ministry for the Promotion of Good Governance, the Fight against Corruption and the Evaluation of Public Policies was entrusted to Francis Nkea Ndzigue.