History Made As Gabon Appoints First Female Prime Minister

Rose Raponda on Thursday was appointed Prime Minister of Gabon, in accordance with a presidential decree read by the Secretary-General of the Presidency, Jean-Yves Teal.

Raponda is the first woman in the history of the country to hold the office of Prime Minister and she succeeded Julien Bekale.

Before her becoming Prime Minister, she was appointed Defence Minister on Feb. 12, 2019, by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, after the failed coup in January.

She attended Gabonese Institute of Economy and Finance. where she got a degree in Economics (Public Finance).

The prime minister earlier served as Director-General of the Economy as well as Deputy Director-General, the Housing Bank of Gabon.

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She also served as the country’s Budget Minister between February 2012 and January 2014.

Raponda was elected Mayor of the capital city, Libreville, where she represented the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party, on Jan. 26, 2014 and she served in that capacity until 2019.

The prime minister also became President of United Cities and Local Governments Africa.

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