 Gondjout was elected to the Senate of France on 24 July 1949 and re-elected on 18 May 1952—both times as an independent candidate—serving until the end of his term on 7 June 1958.On 18 December 1953, he became the father of Laure Gondjout.She would later become a prominent politician as would his son, Vincent de Paul Gondjout, and nephew, Georges Rawiri.