Léon Mébiame
Léon Mébiame | |
|---|---|
Prime Minister of Gabon | |
| In office 16 April 1975 – 3 May 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Léon M'ba |
| Succeeded by | Casimir Oyé-Mba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1934 Libreville, French Equatorial Africa (present day Gabon) |
| Died | 18 December 2015 (aged 81) Libreville, Gabon |
| Political party | PDG |
Léon Mébiame (1 September 1934 – 18 December 2015) was a Gabonese 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.[1][2]
Life and career
A member of the
Fang ethnic group,[2] Mébiame was born in Libreville.[1][2] 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.[1] At independence in 1960, he was commissioner of police.[3] 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.[4]
Subsequently, he joined the opposition in the early 1990s.[5][6]
He was appointed as President of the Libreville Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Mines on 6 November 2008.Ali Bongo Ondimba took office in 2009.[3]
Mébiame died at age 81 at a Libreville clinic on the night of 17–18 December 2015.[3]
References
- ^ a b c La politique africaine en 1969 (1970), Ediafric, page 134 (in French).
- ^ a b c David E. Gardinier and Douglas A. Yates, Historical Dictionary of Gabon (2006), third edition, page 209.
- ^ a b c "Décès de Léon Mébiame, l’unique Premier ministre sous monopartisme" Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Agence Gabonaise de Presse, 18 December 2015 (in French).
- ^ "Ministère du Budget, des Comptes Publics, de la Fonction Publique, Chargé de la Réforme de l'Etat - Anciens Ministres". April 18, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18.
- ^ "Convention républicaine ?" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Africa Intelligence, 8 July 1993 (in French).
- ^ David E. Gardinier, "Gabon: Limited Reform and Regime Survival", Political Reform in Francophone Africa (1997), ed. Clark and Gardinier, Westview Press, page 156.
- ^ "Nomination d'un nouveau président de la chambre de commerce", Infosplusgabon, 7 November 2008 (in French).
- ^ "Gabon: Chambre de Commerce : Joachim Boussamba passe le flambeau à Léon Mébiame" Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, Gabonews, 4 December 2008 (in French).