Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo

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Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo OEE ONM (born 18 April 1955) is a Gabonaise lawyer. She is the president of the Constitutional Court of Gabon (Cour Constitutionnelle de la Republique Gabonaise) since its foundation in 1991.[1][2][3]

Personal life and education

Mborantsuo was born in

University of Aix-en-Provence.[3][1] Her doctoral thesis title was Cours constitutionnelles africaines et État de droit.[4]

Career

From 1983 to 1991 she was president of the Cour de Comptes of the Supreme Court of Gabon and taught law at Omar Bongo University. After taking part in the national conference of 1990 she was one of the writers of the country's new constitution, and became president of the newly-established constitutional court (the Constitutional Court of Gabon), a post she still holds as of January 2019.[1]

It has been suggested that she "contributed to the Constitutional Court's loss of legitimacy as an impartial institution" by making controversial decisions on the allegedly fraudulent presidential elections of

Ali Bongo Ondimba retained and gained the post of president.[3]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Président: Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo" (in French). Cour Constitutionnelle de la Republique Gabonaise. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Les Membres Actuels" (in French). Cour Constitutionnelle de la Republique Gabonaise. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ . Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. . Retrieved 4 February 2019.