title: Jean-Baptiste Mintsa-Mi-Mba
text: # Jean-Baptiste Mintsa-Mi-Mba
  
  Jean-Baptiste Mintsa-Mi-Mba (24 November 1948 – 10 February 2009) was a Gabonese politician who served as Second Vice-President of the Senate of Gabon. He was a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG).
  
  Mintsa-Mi-Mba was born in Cocobeach, located in the Estuaire Province of Gabon. He helped create the National Center for Blood transfusion and was the Center's first director; as a result, he was known as Gabon's "father of blood transfusion". He became a member of the Senate when that body was established in 1997, being elected as a Senator from Noya Department. He was re-elected to the Senate in January 2009, but he died in Paris on 10 February 2009.
  
  Mintsa-Mi-Mba held the rank of Commander of the Equatorial Star.
  
  