2025 in Gabon
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Events in the year 2025 in Gabon.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 20 January – The Transitional Parliament approves a new electoral code.[1]
April
[edit]- 12 April – 2025 Gabonese presidential election: Acting president Brice Oligui Nguema is elected as regular president with 90.35% of the vote.[2]
May
[edit]- 3 May – Brice Oligui Nguema is inaugurated for a regular term as president.[3]
- 16 May – Former president Ali Bongo and his family are confirmed to have been released and in Angola following an agreement between Angolan President João Lourenço and President Oligui.[4]
- 19 May – The International Court of Justice rules in favor of Equatorial Guinea's claims to the islands of Mbanie, Cocotier, and Conga, which have been occupied by Gabon since 1972.[5]
- 27 May – Trade unionist Patrick Barbera Isaac is appointed Minister of Labour, Full Employment and Social Dialogue.[6]
June
[edit]- 6 June – Gabon announces its withdrawal from a 2007 agreement with the European Union that allowed EU vessels to fish in Gabonese waters in exchange for financial support to Gabon’s fisheries sector.[7]
August
[edit]- 12 August – The government issues an amnesty for participants in the 2023 Gabonese coup d'état and the 2019 Gabonese coup attempt.[8]
September
[edit]- 27 September – 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election (first round)[9]
October
[edit]- 11 October – 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election (second round)[9]
- 18 October – 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election (partial rerun)[10]
November
[edit]- 11 November – A special criminal court in Libreville convicts former first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin on multiple criminal charges and sentences them to 20 years' imprisonment.[11]
- 18 November –
- Gabon signs the "Gabon Infini" climate finance agreement, combining $94 million in donor funding with $86 million of government money over 10 years to protect 34,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi) of the Congo Basin rainforest.[12]
- The Specialized Criminal Court convicts nine associates of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo of embezzlement, corruption, and money laundering and sentences them to up to 15 years' imprisonment.[13]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[14]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 30 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 17 April – Women's Day
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 29 May – Ascension Day
- 6 June – Eid al-Adha
- 9 June Whit Monday
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 16–17 August – Independence Day
- 1 November – All Saints Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
[edit]- 16 April – Aaron Boupendza, 28, footballer (national team).[15]
- 1 November – Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou, 65, politician and magistrate.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gabon approves new electoral law seen as win for junta leader". Africanews. 2025-01-10. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ "Gabon's junta chief wins presidency by landslide, provisional results show". France 24. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Gabon swears in ex-military chief Oligui as president". Al Jazeera. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Overthrown Gabon President Bongo and his family arrive in Angola, officials say". AP News. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "ICJ backs E.Guinea in spat with Gabon over oil-rich islands". France 24. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Unionist appointed minister of labour in Gabon". IndustriALL. 2025-05-27. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Gabon withdraws from EU fishing agreement after 18 Years". Africanews. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Gabon: amnesty granted for 2023 coup and 2019 conspiracy attempts". Africanews. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Gabon holds first legislative and local elections after the 2023 military coup". AP News. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Législatives au Gabon : l'UDB d'Oligui rafle déjà 70% des sièges, loin devant le PDG, le RPM et l'UN". Info241. 13 October 2025.
- ^ "Gabon court sentences former first lady and president's son to 20 years in prison". AP News. 12 November 2025.
- ^ Jones, Marc (18 November 2025). "Gabon signs landmark climate finance deal for Congo rainforests". Reuters. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ "Nine former Bongo aides found guilty of corruption, money laundering and embezzlement". Africanews. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ "Gabon Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Gabon striker Boupendza dies after 11th floor fall". Radio France International. 16 April 2025.
- ^ Yabangoye, Tokyo (2025-11-01). "Décès du dernier juriste debout : Jean De Dieu Moukagni Iwangou". Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon | (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
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