Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, the first woman to be appointed Vice President of Gabon

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Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been appointed Vice President of Gabon on Monday, January 9 by Gabonese President Ali Bongo. She has been replaced as Prime Minister by Alain Claude Bilie By Nze. 

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda becomes the first woman to be appointed to this position, after being the first woman Prime Minister of Gabon, a position she held prior to her appointment; the second woman Minister of Defense of the country and the first woman Mayor of Libreville, the capital of Gabon.

The position of vice president had been vacant since May 2019, after the dismissal . . .

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