| First Lady of Gabon | |
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| Inaugural holder | Pauline M'ba |
| Formation | February 12, 1961 |
First Lady of Gabon [1] is the title held by the wife of the president of Gabon. The current first lady is Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, who has held the office since 2009.
| First Lady of Gabon | |
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| Inaugural holder | Pauline M'ba |
| Formation | February 12, 1961 |
First Lady of Gabon [1] is the title held by the wife of the president of Gabon. The current first lady is Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, who has held the office since 2009.
| Name | Term Begins | Term Ends | President of Gabon |
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| Pauline M'ba | 12 February 1961 | 27 November 1967 | Léon M'ba |
| Patience Dabany | 27 November 1967 | 1987 (Divorced) | Omar Bongo |
| Office vacant | 1987 | August 4, 1989 | Omar Bongo |
| Edith Lucie Bongo [1] | August 4, 1989 (Marriage to Bongo) | March 14, 2009 (Died in Office) | Omar Bongo |
| Office vacant | March 14, 2009 | 8 June 2009 | Omar Bongo |
| Married (Name?) | 10 June 2009 | 16 October 2009 | Rose Francine Rogombé (Acting) |
| Sylvia Bongo Ondimba | 16 October 2009 | Present | Ali Bongo Ondimba |
Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) and its population is estimated at 2.1 million people. Its capital and largest city is Libreville.
This is a list of presidents of Gabon since the formation of the post of president in 1960, to the present day.
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Omar Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected Vice-President in his own right in 1966. In 1967, he succeeded M'ba to become the second Gabon President, upon the latter's death.
The Gabonese Democratic Party, is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon. Between 1968 and 1990 it was the sole legal party.
Paul Mba Abessole is a Gabonese politician who heads the National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon and was a leading opponent of President Omar Bongo during the 1990s. He stood as a presidential candidate twice during the 1990s and also served as Mayor of Libreville, the capital. From 2002 to 2009 he served in the government of Gabon, holding the rank of Deputy Prime Minister for most of that period.
Ali Bongo Ondimba, sometimes known as Ali Bongo, is a Gabonese politician who has been President of Gabon since October 2009.
Patience Marie Josephine Kama Dabany, also known by the names Marie Joséphine Kama and Josephine Bongo, is a Gabonese singer and musician. Dabany served as the First Lady of Gabon from 1967 to 1987. For nearly 30 years she was married to Omar Bongo Ondimba, who was President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. After their divorce, she successfully pursued a career in music. She is the mother of the current President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba.
Six percent of the population of Gabon practice Islam, according to a 2012 estimate. Most follow Sunni Islam. Eighty to ninety percent of the Muslims are foreigners.
Franco-Gabonese relations refer to the current and historical relations between France and Gabon - Relations have been characterized by "an extreme case...of neo-colonialism" of France's.
Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 6 December 1998. Incumbent President Omar Bongo Ondimba, in power since 1967, sought a seven-year term against five other candidates. It was Gabon's second multi-party presidential election and, despite low turnout and polling problems, Bongo won the election with 66.88% of the vote.
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon is a government minister in charge of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Gabon, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
André Mba Obame was a Gabonese politician. After serving as an adviser to President Omar Bongo in the 1980s, he was a minister in the government of Gabon from 1990 to 1991 and again from 1997 to 2009; during that time, he was identified with the reformist wing of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG). He held the key post of Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2009 and then briefly served as Minister of the Coordination and Follow-up of Government Action in mid-2009. He was an independent candidate in the 30 August 2009 presidential election and placed third with 25.33% of the vote, according to official results, but he claimed victory and alleged that the PDG candidate, Ali Bongo, won through fraud.
Édith Lucie Bongo Ondimba was the First Lady of Gabon as the wife of President Omar Bongo from 1989 to 2009.
Early presidential elections were held in Gabon on 30 August 2009. They took place due to the death of incumbent President Omar Bongo on 8 June, after more than 41 years as the sole president of Gabon. While the constitution stated that interim President Rose Francine Rogombé should organise elections within 30 to 45 days, the Constitutional Court accepted the government's request for a delay due to the circumstances.
Sylvia Bongo Ondimba is the wife of Ali Bongo Ondimba since 1989. She became the First Lady of Gabon following the inauguration of her husband as President of Gabon on 16 October 2009. She created the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation entitled "For the family" in January 2011 "to improve the plight of vulnerable and disadvantaged people around the world".
The African nation of Gabon has had human inhabitants for perhaps 400,000 years. Bantu peoples settled here from the 11th century. The coastline first became known to Europeans through Portuguese and Dutch sailors. Colonised by the French in the 19th century, Gabon became independent in 1960.
Events in the year 2017 in Gabon.
The following lists events in the year 2018 in Gabon.
The following lists events the happened during 2011 in Gabon.
The following lists events the happened during 2016 in Gabon.
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