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Vice president of Gabon is a political position in
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 north ...
. It existed from 1961 to 1975, 1997 to 2009, and 2017 to 2019.


History of the office


Original office

Changes in the Constitution of 1966 made the vice president the automatic successor of the
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, and he did so following M'ba's death in November 1967. In April 1975 the position of vice president was abolished and its functions were given to the
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.


Restored office

The position of vice president was restored in 1997 as a position appointed by the president of Gabon. The vice president acted as the president's deputy, but was not the constitutional successor of the president in the event of a vacancy in the latter office. President
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abolished the office in October 2009.


Description of the office

The president of the republic is assisted by a vice president of the republic.Article 14a of the Constitution of 1991. The vice president of the republic is nominated by the president of the republic, who can terminate his or her duties, after the consultation of the presidents of the two chambers of Parliament. The vice president of the republic may be chosen from the members of Parliament, or outside the legislature. The functions of the vice president of the republic are incompatible with the exercise of all other public and private functions of a lucrative character.Article 14b of the Constitution of 1991. The vice president of the republic takes the oath of office before the president of the republic and in the presence of the Constitutional Court, according to the terms below:Article 14c of the Constitution of 1991. The vice president of the republic stands in for the president of the republic in the duties that the president delegates to him.Article 14d of the Constitution of 1991. The manner in which the present article may be applied is fixed by an organic law. The functions of the vice president of the republic end at the issuing of the proclamation of the next presidential election results by the Constitutional Court and in the case of a vacancy in the presidential office for whatever reason, or a permanent impairment of the current president of the republic.Article 14e of the Constitution of 1991. The vice president of the republic is a member of the Council of Ministers by right. If appropriate, her or she may substitute the president of the republic through express authorization and a defined order of business.Article 16 of the Constitution of 1991.


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President of Gabon The president of Gabon is the head of state of Gabon. A total of three people have served as president (not counting two acting presidents) since the post was formed in 1960. Description of the office Election The president of the republic is ...
** First Lady of Gabon *
Prime Minister of Gabon The Prime Minister of Gabon (French: ''Premier ministre de la République gabonaise'') is the head of government of Gabon. The position was first created in 1960, upon the country's independence from France, but was soon abolished by a new con ...
* List of colonial governors of Gabon *
Politics of Gabon Politics of Gabon takes place in a framework of a republic whereby the President of Gabon is head of state and in effect, also the head of government, since he appoints the prime minister and his cabinet. The government is divided into three bran ...


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1991 Constitution of Gabon (as amended in 2011)
{{Years in Gabon Politics of Gabon
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 north ...
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