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    Gabriel Léon M'ba[needs IPA] (9 February 1902 – 28 November 1967) was a Gabonese politician who served as both the first Prime Minister (1959–1961) and...
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    Léon-Mba International Airport (IATA: LBV, ICAO: FOOL, French: Aéroport international Léon-Mba) is an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon. It is the...
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    Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected vice-president in his own right in 1966. In 1967, he succeeded M'ba to become the country's...
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  • political parties existed: the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (BDG), led by Léon M'Ba, and the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union (UDSG), led by Jean-Hilaire...
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    President Léon M'ba. Before the coup, Gabon was seen as one of the most politically stable countries in Africa. The coup resulted from M'ba's dissolution...
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    Aubame was orphaned at a young age. He was raised by the stepbrother of Léon M'ba, who became Aubame's chief political rival. Encouraged by his colleagues...
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    French Equatorial Africa. With national independence on the horizon, Léon M'ba won Libreville's first free mayoral election in 1956. Mba was later the...
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  • December 1917 – 21 January 1978) was the first vice president of Gabon under Léon M'ba. A member of the Bapounou people, he was born in the village of Moussambou...
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  • v t e Presidents of Gabon Léon M'ba Omar Bongo Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge* Rose Francine Rogombé* Ali Bongo Brice Oligui† * acting † military...
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  • formed an alliance prior to the 1961 general elections, with BDG leader Léon M'ba as the sole presidential candidate, and a joint "National Union" list...
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