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Home | ALL NEWS | WORLD | Raponda Named Gabon’s First-Ever Female VP

Raponda Named Gabon’s First-Ever Female VP

January 20, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Rose Christian Ossouka Raponda named first-ever female VPAfrican News reported this great development from Central Africa. Here is an excerpt:

The 59-year-old is a former mayor of the capital Libreville and Minister of Defence. 

She fills an office that has been vacant since 2019 making history for a second time. Indeed, in July 2020, she became the country’s first female Prime Minister.

The VP’s role is to “assist” the head of state and the person serving as vice-president has no interim role in the event of a power vacuum.

Read the full article here.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Gabon, Women and Democracy

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