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New Vice President, Prime Minister to Be Sworn in on Tuesday in Gabon

Gabon Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda poses in her office in Libreville during an interview with AFP on March 26, 2021. Gabon Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda poses in her office in Libreville during an interview with AFP on March 26, 2021.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.01.2023InternationalIndiaAfricaMuhammad OsmanGabon’s President Ali Bongo announced the appointment of the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of vice president and named Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze to replace her as PM on Monday. The move came a few months ahead of the republic’s general elections, scheduled for the second half of this year.Gabon’s new vice president and prime minister are set to be sworn in on Tuesday, one day after President Ali Bongo made the announcement about the changes in the country’s top offices.Former first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda was appointed to fill the Gabonese Vice President’s Office, which has been vacant since the dismissal of former VP Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou in May 2019.President Bongo selected Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, former deputy prime minister and minister of energy and water resources, to replace Raponda, who has been filling the office since July 2020.Earlier, the new head of government Bilie-By-Nze unveiled his cabinet, which includes 45 members instead of 38 ministers of the previous government, with the addition of seven deputy ministers.The appointment of Raponda and Bilie-By-Nze comes a few months before Gabon’s general election, scheduled to be held this summer.President Bongo was first elected in 2009 following the death of his father, former Gabonese President Mar Bongo Ondimba, who ruled the Central African state for more than 41 years. In October 2016, Bongo was elected for another seven-year term. He has yet to confirm whether he will run for a third term in office, which is allowed under Gabon’s constitution.Мальчишки играют в футбол во Франсвиле во время Кубка африканских наций, Габон - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.08.2022AfricaFrom Franceville to ‘Francafrique’: Some Facts About Gabon’s Independence Day17 August 2022, 13:38 GMT

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