Hugues Ngouelondélé is a Congolese politician, currently serving as the Mayor of Brazzaville and as a deputy in the National Assembly of the Republic of the Congo.

Ngouelondélé is the son of General Emmanuel Ngouelondélé. He graduated from the Marien Ngouabi University in Brazzaville with a degree in law in 1983 and subsequently studied in Algeria, France, and Belgium. He represented Congo-Brazzaville at the World Customs Organization in March 1999.^[1]

In the May–June 2002 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from the second constituency of Moungali, located in Brazzaville;^[1][2] he won the seat in a second round of voting.^[2] In June 2002, he was elected as a municipal councillor in Brazzaville at the head of an independent candidate list in Moungali.^[1] He then became Mayor of Brazzaville in February 2003,^[1][3] succeeding Benoît Moundélé-Ngollo.^[3]

In the 2007 parliamentary election, Ngouelondélé was again elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate in Moungali II constituency; he won the seat in the first round with 50.20% of the vote.^[4] Following the 29 June 2008 local elections, Ngouelondélé was re-elected as Mayor of Brazzaville by the city council on 30 July 2008. Nicéphore de Saint Eudes Fylla unsuccessfully challenged him for the position.^[5]

Ngouelondélé is married to Ninelle Nguesso, a daughter of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, while his sister Michèle is married to Sassou Nguesso's nephew Edgar.^[1]

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