| Country: | Gabon |
| Type: | presidential |
| Election Date: | 30 December 1979 |
| Previous Election: | 1973 Gabonese general election |
| Previous Year: | 1973 |
| Next Election: | 1986 Gabonese presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Turnout: | 100% |
| Image1: | Omar Bongo 1973.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Omar Bongo |
| Party1: | Gabonese Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 727,807 |
| Percentage1: | 100% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Omar Bongo |
| Before Party: | Gabonese Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Omar Bongo |
| After Party: | Gabonese Democratic Party |
Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 30 December 1979, the first time they had been held separately from National Assembly elections. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party as the sole legal party. GDP leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.[1]