2023 in Gabon
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Events in the year 2023 in Gabon.
Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon
- 9 January – Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba names Alain Claude Bilie By Nze as the new prime minister and head of government, replacing Rose Christiane Raponda after Ondimba issued a presidential decree.[1]
- 26 August – 2023 Gabonese general election:
- Gabonese citizens vote for a president and members of the parliament.[2]
- The government imposes a nightly curfew and suspends internet access following the closure of polls, citing the need to prevent violence and misinformation.[3]
- 30 August – 2023 Gabonese coup d'état: Officers of the Gabonese military undertake a military coup, dissolving the government, closing all borders, and annulling the results of the general election after Ali Bongo Ondimba is declared the winner.[4]
- 2 September – Gabon's military government reopens the country's borders, three days after its closure.[5]
- 12 October – Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, the former first lady of Gabon, is jailed by the ruling military junta.[6]
- 10 January – Alain da Costa, 87, football manager (USM Libreville, Vantour Mangoungou, national team).[7]
- 20 January – Michael Moussa Adamo, 62, politician, minister of foreign affairs (since 2022).[8]
- 25 February – François Engongah Owono, 77, politician, MP (2001–2006).
- 11 December – Paulin Obame-Nguema, 88, politician, prime minister (1994–1999).[9]
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