Vice President of Gabon explained

Post:Vice President
Body:the
Gabonese Republic
Native Name:French: Vice-président de la<br>République gabonaise
Insignia:Coat of arms of Gabon.svg
Insigniasize:125px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Gabon
Incumbent:Joseph Owondault Berre
(Transitional)
Incumbentsince:11 September 2023
Appointer:President of Gabon
Formation:February 1961
First:Paul-Marie Yembit

The vice president of Gabon (French: Vice-président du Gabon) 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.

Joseph Owondault Berre is the current transitional vice president appointed by transitional president Brice Oligui after the 2023 coup d'état.[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.

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]

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.

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
Other factions
Status
PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyPresident(s)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Paul-Marie Yembit
1961 1966BDGM'ba
2Albert-Bernard Bongo
[9]
1966 1967BDGM'ba
3Léon Mébiame
1968 19757 yearsPDGO. Bongo
Post abolished (April 1975–May 1997)
4Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge
1997 2009O. Bongo
Himself
Rogombé
Post abolished (October 2009–August 2017)
5Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou
2017[10] 21 May 2019PSDA. Bongo
Post abolished (21 May 2019 – 9 January 2023)
6Rose Christiane Raponda[11] [12]
2023 2023
PDGA. Bongo
Joseph Owondault Berre[13]
2023IncumbentIndependentOligui

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gabon: Joseph Owondault Berre nommé vice-président de la transition . ACP . fr-FR . 12 September 2023.
  2. https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2826.htm US Department of State
  3. Article 14a of the Constitution of 1991.
  4. Article 14b of the Constitution of 1991.
  5. Article 14c of the Constitution of 1991.
  6. Article 14d of the Constitution of 1991.
  7. Article 14e of the Constitution of 1991.
  8. Article 16 of the Constitution of 1991.
  9. http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/18420.html Africa News Update
  10. Mathieu Olivier, "Gabon : le nouveau gouvernement a été nommé, Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou vice-président", Jeune Afrique, 22 August 2017 .
  11. Web site: Gabon: Rose Christian Ossouka Raponda named first-ever female VP. 9 January 2023. 10 January 2023.
  12. Web site: Gabon Names Vice-President and New Prime Minister. 9 January 2023. 10 January 2023.
  13. Web site: Gabon: Joseph Owondault Berre nommé vice-président de la transition . ACP . fr-FR . 12 September 2023.