Transitional government established in Gabon

Raymond Ndong Sima, who was appointed prime minister of the transitional government on September 7, formed a 26-member transitional government.
In the new cabinet, which included some members of the government of President Ali Bongo, who was removed from office by military intervention, Hermann Immongault, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Bongo period, was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior.
Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi, appointed to the Ministry of Communications, also acted as spokesman for the military administration.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs was Regis Onanga Ndiaye and the Minister of the Economy was Mays Mouissim.
The appointment of Marcel Abeke, one of the former directors of the French mining company Eramet that operates in Gabon, as Minister of Petroleum, drew attention. Colonel Maurice Tocui, a British-Gabonese national, took over from Minister of Water and Forests Lee White.

INTERNET IS RESTRICTED

In Gabon, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won the presidential election for the third time on August 26, a curfew was imposed alleging that “violence” was used in the final hours of the voting process, and the Internet was restricted while the count took place. of votes. was in progress.
A group of soldiers entered the national television building on August 30 and announced that they had taken over the government.

The military administration convened by the “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions” (CTRI) announced that the August 26 elections were canceled.
It was reported that the commander of the Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, was appointed leader of the CTRI.

General Nguema was sworn in as “president of the transitional government” before the Constitutional Court in a ceremony held on September 4.
Raymond Ndong Sima, one of Ali Bongo’s opponents, was named “prime minister of the transitional government” on September 7.

Father Omar Bongo was first elected president in 1967 and when he died in 2009, his son Ali Bongo took his place. The Bongo family ruled Gabon for 56 years.