Léon Mébiame (1 September 1934 – 18 December 2015) was a

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...

ese politician who was the 2nd Prime Minister of Gabon. From 1975 to 1990, he served as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Gabonese history, at 15 years and 17 days.''La politique africaine en 1969''
(1970), Ediafric, page 134 .David E. Gardinier and Douglas A. Yates, ''Historical Dictionary of Gabon'' (2006), third edition, page 209.

Life and career

A member of the Fang ethnic group, Mébiame was born in Libreville. Under French colonial rule, he became an inspector of federal police in 1956 and was posted in Chad from 6 January 1957 to March 1959. At independence in 1960, he was commissioner of police."Décès de Léon Mébiame, l’unique Premier ministre sous monopartisme"
, Agence Gabonaise de Presse, 18 December 2015 . A close associate of President Omar Bongo, he was Vice President of Gabon from 1968 to 1975, when the position was abolished; he was then appointed as Prime Minister and served from 16 April 1975 to 3 May 1990. He was the minister of public finance from 1990 to 1991. Subsequently, he joined the opposition in the early 1990s. He was appointed as President of the Libreville Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Mines on 6 November 2008. He took office on 4 December 2008, succeeding Joachim Boussamba."Gabon: Chambre de Commerce : Joachim Boussamba passe le flambeau à Léon Mébiame"
, Gabonews, 4 December 2008 . He was also appointed to the Economic and Social Council, an official advisory body, by President Bongo in 2008, although he lost his seat on the council after Bongo's son

Ali Bongo Ondimba Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959),"Bongo Ali", ''Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 4Africa Intelligence 5 March 2002 . sometimes known as Ali Bongo, is a Gabonese politician who has been the third president of Ga ...

took office in 2009. Mébiame died at age 81 at a Libreville clinic on the night of 17–18 December 2015.

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Vice presidents of Gabon Prime Ministers of Gabon Finance ministers of Gabon 2015 deaths 1934 births 21st-century Gabonese people {{Gabon-politician-stub