Louis Sylvain Goma
Louis Sylvain Goma is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 18 December 1975 to 7 August 1984, serving under three successive Heads of State: Marien Ngouabi, Jacques Yhombi-Opango, and Denis Sassou Nguesso. Later, he was Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States from 1999 to 2012, and he has been Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to Argentina since 2019.Career
Prime Minister Henri Lopès and his government resigned after a meeting of the Congolese Labour Party's Central Committee in December 1975, and Goma was appointed to replace him at the head of a new government, composed of 14 members, on 18 December 1975. Goma and Denis Sassou Nguesso were the two deputies of Joachim Yhombi-Opango from March 1977 to February 1979.
After the June-October 1997 civil war, Goma was included as one of the 75 members of the National Transitional Council, which served as a transitional legislature from 1998 to 2002.
Considered close to President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Goma was Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States from 1999 to 2012. Soon after being replaced in his post at CEEAC in early 2012, Goma was appointed as Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to Brazil on 21 April 2012. He presented his credentials as Ambassador to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in January 2013.
In February 2019, he became Ambassador to Argentina..
