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Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (born 1935)

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Omar Bongo

President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009

Omar Bongo Ondimba was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s,…
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President of Gabon

Head of state and government of Gabon

The president of Gabon is the head of state and government of Gabon. A total of four people have served as president since the post was formed in 1960.
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June 8

Day of the year

June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 206 days remain until the end of the year.
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