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The vice president of Gabon (Template:Langx) is a political position in Gabon. The vice president's role is to assist the president and the person serving as vice president has no interim role in the event of a power vacuum.

Séraphin Moundounga is the current vice president appointed by president Brice Oligui Nguema on 5 May 2025.[1]

History of the office

Original office

Changes in the Constitution of 1966 made the vice president the automatic successor of the president in case of a vacancy in the latter office.[2] Albert-Bernard Bongo was appointed as vice president in 1966 with the expectation that he would constitutionally succeed the ailing president Leon M'ba, 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 prime minister.[2]

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 Ali Bongo abolished the office in October 2009.[2]

Description of the office

The president of the republic is assisted by a vice president of the republic.[3]

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 of Gabon. The vice president of the republic may be chosen from the members of Parliament, or outside the legislature.[3]

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.[4]

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:[5]

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I promise to respect the Constitution and the State of Law, to fill conscientiously the duties of my position in the strictest respect of the obligation of loyalty and confidentiality to the Chief of State.

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The vice president of the republic stands in for the president of the republic in the duties that the president delegates to him.[6]

The manner in which the present article may be applied is fixed by an organic law.[6]

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.[7]

The vice president of the republic is a member of the Council of Ministers by right. If appropriate, the vice president may substitute the president of the republic through express authorization and a defined order of business.[8]

List of officeholders

Political parties

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  Gabonese Democratic Bloc (BDG) → Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG)

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  Democratic and Republican Alliance (ADERE)

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  Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Other factions

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  Independent
Status

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  Denotes acting or transitional vice president
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Political party President(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1 File:No image.png Paul-Marie Yembit
(1917–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		February 1961 November 1966 Script error: No such module "age". BDG M'ba
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2 File:Omar Bongo 1973.jpg Albert-Bernard Bongo
(1935–2009)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[9] 		November 1966 November 1967 Script error: No such module "age". BDG M'ba
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3 File:No image.png Léon Mébiame
(1934–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1968 April 1975 7 years PDG O. Bongo
Post abolished (April 1975–May 1997)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4 File:No image.png Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge
(born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		May 1997 October 2009 Script error: No such module "age". ADERE O. Bongo
Himself
Rogombé
Post abolished (October 2009–August 2017)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5 File:Pierre-Claver MANGANGA MOUSSAVOU 2023 (cropped).jpeg Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou
(born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		21 August 2017[10] 21 May 2019 Template:Ayd PSD A. Bongo
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6 File:Rose Christiane Raponda.jpg Rose Christiane Raponda[11][12]
(born 1963)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		9 January 2023 30 August 2023
(Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Ayd PDG A. Bongo
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 7 File:Joseph Owondault Berre, 2024.jpg Joseph Owondault Berre[13]
(born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		11 September 2023 5 May 2025 Template:Ayd Independent Oligui
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 8 File:Séraphin Moundounga - June 2015 (cropped).jpg Séraphin Moundounga
(born 1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		5 May 2025 Incumbent Template:Ayd RPM Oligui

Timeline

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 id:adere       value:rgb(0.1,0.3,0.91)      legend:Democratic_and_Republican_Alliance
 id:psd         value:rgb(0.82,0.20,0.22)    legend:Social_Democratic_Party

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bar:Mébiame
 from: 1968 till: 1975 color:pdg         text:"Léon Mébiame"
bar:DiNdinge
 from: 1997 till: 2009 color:adere       text:"Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge"
bar:MagangaMoussavou
 from: 2017 till: 2019 color:psd         text:"Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou"
bar:Raponda
 from: 2023 till: 2023 color:pdg         text:"Rose Christiane Raponda"
bar:Berre
 from: 2023 till: 2025 color:independent text:"Joseph Owondault Berre"
bar:Moundounga
 from: 2025 till: $now color:independent text:"Séraphin Moundounga"

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Notes

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See also

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b c US Department of State
  3. ↑ a b Article 14a of the Constitution of 1991.
  4. ↑ Article 14b of the Constitution of 1991.
  5. ↑ Article 14c of the Constitution of 1991.
  6. ↑ a b Article 14d of the Constitution of 1991.
  7. ↑ Article 14e of the Constitution of 1991.
  8. ↑ Article 16 of the Constitution of 1991.
  9. ↑ Africa News Update Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  10. ↑ Mathieu Olivier, "Gabon : le nouveau gouvernement a été nommé, Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou vice-président", Jeune Afrique, 22 August 2017 Template:In lang.
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External links

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