Gabon–United States relations

Gabon – United States relations

Gabon	United States

Gabon – United States relations are

U.S. private capital, almost if not entirely in the oil and natural resource sector, has been attracted to Gabon since before its independence. Relations between the United States and Gabon began following Gabon's independence from France in 1960. Despite Gabon's independence the two countries have remained close allies and during the 1960s France relied on Gabon as its sole source of Uranium and a major source of oil.

Following Omar Bongo's coming to power in 1967 the U.S. continued diplomatic relations despite Bongo's autocratic tendencies. In 1987, President Bongo made an official visit to Washington, DC.

In September 2002, Secretary of State

During the

Principal U.S. Officials include:

• Ambassador Vernelle FitzPatrick
• Deputy Chief of Mission
  David G. Mosby since September 2022.

• Foreign relations of the United States
• Foreign relations of Gabon

External links

• History of Gabon - U.S. relations
• United States Embassy in Libreville

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.