Léon Mébiame (1 September 1934 – 18 December 2015) was a
Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
ese politician who was the 2nd
Prime Minister of Gabon
The prime minister of Gabon () was 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 constitution adopted on 21 February 1961. It was, however, ...
. 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
Libreville (; ) is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies of the northwestern province of Estuaire Province, Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. A ...
.[ Under French colonial rule, he became an inspector of federal police in 1956 and was posted in ]Chad
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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
Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until Death and state funeral of Omar Bongo, his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese De ...
, he was Vice President of Gabon
The vice president of Gabon () is a political position in Gabon. The vice president's role is to assist the President of Gabon, president and the person serving as vice president has no interim role in the event of a power vacuum.
Séraphin Mo ...
from 1968 to 1975, when the position was abolished. He was Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
in early 1970s. He was 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.
, 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) also known as Ali Ben Bongo is a Gabonese former politician and dictator who was the third president of Gabon from 2009 until he was deposed in a 2023 Gabonese coup d'état, coup in 2 ...
took office in 2009.[
Mébiame died at age 81 at a Libreville clinic on the night of 17–18 December 2015.][
]
References
Vice presidents of Gabon
Prime ministers of Gabon
Finance ministers of Gabon
Justice ministers of Gabon
2015 deaths
1934 births
21st-century Gabonese people
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