Pascaline Bongo was appointed as Personal Adviser to the President of the Republic in 1987[REF][REF] and entered the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs in June 1991.
Following her father's death in June 2009, her half-brother Ali was elected President; immediately after taking office, Ali moved Pascaline from her post as Director of the Presidential Cabinet to the post of High Personal Representative of the Head of State on 17 October 2009 [REF].