found: Wikipedia, Nov. 3, 2016(Jean Ping; born 24 November 1942; Gabonese diplomat and politician; was Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union 2008-2012; Foreign Minister of Gabon 1999-2008; president of the United Nations General Assembly 2004-2005; Chinese father, Gabonese mother; doctorate in economics, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne); began work at UNESCO in 1972, Sector for External Relations and Cooperation; advisor to the Gabonese embassy in France, 1978; became Gabon's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, until 1984; director of the Civil Cabinet of the President of Gabon, Omar Bongo, 1984-1990; held various ministry positions in the 1990s; elected to the National Assembly from Omboué in parliamentary elections of 1996, 2001, and 2006; left his AU post after failing reelection in 2012; started consulting firm, Ping & Ping Consulting with his sons; resigned from ruling Gabonese Democratic Party Feb. 2014; opposition candidate in 2016 presidential election)