Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Republic of
Gabon/La République Gabonaise (female suffrage 1956) A
former French Colony became an Autonomous Republic within the French Community
before gaining full independent 1960
See
also Gabon Parliament
1980-86
Minister of Social Affairs and Women Antoniette Oliveira
1982-88
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Honorine Dossou-Naki
2002-07 Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals
2007 Minister of the Merchant Navy
and charged with Port Equipments
2007- Minister of State Control, Inspections, the Fight against Corruption and
Illegal Enrichment
2008- Vice-Premier Minister
Ambassador to France 1995-2002.
1982
Secretary of State of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and
Environmental Protection Dr. Rosie Abessolo
1982-?
Secretary of State of Justice and Keeper of the Seals Pauline Nyingone
1988-89 Secretary of State for Social Affairs
Gouveneur de la Province d'Estvaire in 1994.
1986-87
Minister of State by the Deputy Minister for Finance Chantal Lidji-Badinge
1987-90
Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals Sophie Ngwamassana
1987-89
Secretary of State for Women and Human Rights Rose Rogombe
1988-97
Secretary of State for Secondary Education and Science Pauline Nguéma-Obame
1990-91
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Co-operation and the Francophonie Lucie M’ba
1991-92 Minister of Public Health and Population
1992-ca.97 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1990-91
Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals Cécila Nkama
1991-93
Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform Paulette Moussaune
1994-97 Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform
1991-93
Minister of Education Paulette Moussavou Missambo
1992-93 Minister of State (Deputy Premier)
1994-97 Minister of Education and Training, Youth and Sport, Minister of
Women’s Affairs
1994-2000 Government Spokesperson
1997-2007 Minister of State
1997-2002 Minister of National Education
1999-2002 Minister of Labour and Human Resources
2001-2002 Minister of Labour, Employment and Professional Training
2002-
2004-07 Minister of Public Health
Originally the Post of Minister of State eqvivalent to the role of Deputy Premier,
but later the Post of Vice-Premier was introduced and Paulette ranked 9th in the
last governments.
1991-94
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and the Francophonie Pascaline Mferri
Bongo
She later was Director of the Civil Cabinet of the President and in 2000
Ambassador to USA. She is the daughter of President Omar Bongo. (b. 1956-)
1992-93
Minister of Communication, Post and Telecommunication and Government
Spokeswoman
1993-94 Minister for Social Affairs and Relations with Assemblée Nationale Angèle
Ondo
1992
Deputy Minister of Women and Human Rights Yolande Biké
1993-97 Deputy Minister of Education, Sport and Women
Ambassador to United Nations in Génève from 2007.
1997-98
Secretary of State of Labour Victoire Lasseny-DuBoze
1998-2000 Minister
of Family, Children's Welfare and
Women’s Advancement
1997-2000
Secretary of State of Social Affairs Angélique Ngoma
2000-07
Minister of Family, Children's
Welfare and Women’s
Advancement
2007- Minister of Health, Public Hygiene, charged with Family and Women’s
Advancement
After 2000 the government had no Secretaries of State
1999
Minister-Delegate of Finance, Budget and Privatization Yolande Assele Ebinda
2002-03 Deputy Minister of Planning and Development Programs
2003-04 Minister-Delegate of Planning and Development Programs
1999-2006
Minister-Delegate of Commerce, Tourism and Industrial Development
charged with Regional Integration Ursule Eike
2004-06 Minister of the Merchant Navy and charged
with Port Equipments Alice Lamou
2006-07 Minister for the Fight against AIDS charged with Children Orphaned because
of AIDS
2006- Vice-Premier Minister and Minister of Environment, Protection of the Nature, Research and Tchnology Georgette Koko
2006-07 Minister of Labour and Employment Christiane Bitoughat
2006-07 Minister of State Control and Inspections Francine Meviane
2006-07 Minister for the Promotion of the Private Sector, Social Economy and
Artisans Marie Missouloukagne
2006-07 Minister-Delegate of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, the Francophonie and
Regional Integration
2007-08 Minister of Communication, Post and
Telecommunications, the New Technologies and Information
2008- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, the Francophonie and
Regional Integration Laure Olga Gondjout
2006- Minister-Delegate of of National
Education and Higher Education Solange Mabignath
2006-07 Minister-Delegate of Public Work, Administrative Reform and Modernisation
of the State Denise Mekamne
2007- Minister for the Fight against AIDS charged with Widows and Children Orphaned because
of AIDS
2007- Minister of Social Affairs and the Solidarity
2007 Minister-Delegate of Agriculture, Breeding and Rural Development Paulette Oyane Ondo
2007 Minister-Delegate of Housing and Urbain Affairs
Gisèle Luare Eyang Ntoutome
2007- Minister-Delegrate of Public Works, Infrastructure
and Construction, charged with Construction
Last update 07.02.08