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    Gabriel Léon M'ba[needs IPA] (9 February 1902 – 28 November 1967) was a Gabonese politician who served as both the first Prime Minister (1959–1961) and...
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    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 country's...
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  • political parties existed: the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (BDG), led by Léon M'Ba, and the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union (UDSG), led by Jean-Hilaire...
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    Gabon (section M'ba rule)
    president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M'ba, with Omar Bongo Ondimba as his vice president. After M'ba's accession to power, the press was suppressed...
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    and administration, whereas much of M'ba's strength came from the colonists. Despite a rivalry, Aubame and M'ba, now the President of Gabon, formed several...
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    President Léon M'ba. Before the coup, Gabon was seen as one of the most politically stable countries in Africa. The coup resulted from M'ba's dissolution...
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    Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006). "Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport. Tender". www.adp-i.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017. "AfriJet...
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    French Equatorial Africa. With national independence on the horizon, Léon M'ba won Libreville's first free mayoral election in 1956. Mba was later the first...
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  • Jean Marie M'ba was the foreign minister of Gabon for a period in 1967. "Foreign ministers E-K". Rulers.org. Retrieved 2008-08-11. v t e...
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  • formed an alliance prior to the 1961 general elections, with BDG leader Léon M'ba as the sole presidential candidate, and a joint "National Union" list running...
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  • 1917 – 21 January 1978) was the first vice president of Gabon under Léon M'ba. A member of the Bapounou people, he was born in the village of Moussambou...
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    in office. In March 1967, Leon M'Ba and Omar Bongo (then Albert Bongo) were elected president and vice president. M'Ba died later that year, and Omar...
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    an affiliated list and five independents. This resulted in the BDG's Léon M'ba becoming Prime Minister, and President when the country became independent...
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  • conciliatory attitude from Bongo annoyed some PDG hard-liners. Following M'ba Abessole's May 1989 visit, he returned to Gabon on a permanent basis in November...
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  • André Mba Obame (15 June 1957 – 12 April 2015) was a Gabonese politician. After serving as an adviser to President Omar Bongo in the 1980s, he was a minister...
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    Karthik, SelvaGanesh, Gino Banks, Ravichandra Kulur, Santhosh Chandran, Mishko M'Ba, and guest artists like the legends Vikku Vinayakaram and Swaminathan. Dubbed...
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    BDG's Léon M'ba was the sole presidential candidate and the two parties put forward a joint list for the National Assembly elections. Both M'ba and the joint...
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  • appointed President of the National Assembly by Gabonese President Leon M'ba in 1961 while its former officeholder, Paul Gondjout, was incarcerated. During...
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    mausoleum, a replica of the mausoleum of Mohammed V, in Franceville, Gabon Léon M'ba's mausoleum in Libreville, Gabon Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana Atta...
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    reconnaissance. It was created on December 6, 1960, by decree of president Léon M'ba from non-commissioned officers who served in the French colonial army, mainly...
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    years, renewable once Formation 17 August 1960; 64 years ago (1960-08-17) First holder Léon M'ba Deputy Vice President of Gabon Salary US$65,000 annually...
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    v t e Presidents of Gabon Léon M'ba Omar Bongo Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge* Rose Francine Rogombé* Ali Bongo Brice Oligui Nguema† * acting † military...
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  • (complete list) – Léon M'ba, President (1960–1967) Omar Bongo, President (1967–2009) Prime ministers (complete list) – Léon M'ba, Prime minister (1957–1961)...
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  • of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), defeating opposition leader Paul M'ba Abessole in the Libreville residential riding of Lalala. He was appointed...
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    after the coup, as had occurred after one in Gabon against President Léon M'ba in February 1964; after receiving word of the coup from the country's vice...
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    v t e Presidents of Gabon Léon M'ba Omar Bongo Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge* Rose Francine Rogombé* Ali Bongo Brice Oligui Nguema† * acting † military...
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  • independence from France in 1960 and afterward, the new president, Léon M'ba said "Gabon is independent, but between Gabon and France nothing has changed;...
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     Gabon 1964 Gabonese coup d'état Léon M'ba Jacques Mombo Valére Essone Jean-Hilaire Aubame Coup briefly successful; M'ba restored following French intervention...
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    (Transitional) since 7 September 2023 Appointer President of Gabon Inaugural holder Léon M'ba Casimir Oyé-Mba (Third Republic; since 1991) Formation 17 August 1960...
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  • M'ba is toppled by a military coup and his arch-rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place. However, French intervention restores M'ba's government...
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