2020 in Gabon explained

Incumbents

• President

Ali Bongo Ondimba

• Prime minister

Julien Nkoghe Bekale (until July 16), Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda (from July 16)

Events

• March 12 – The first case of COVID-19 in the country is reported.^{[1] [2]}
• March 17 – Two additional cases were confirmed in the country, including a woman who works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She had visited Marseille and Paris before returning to the country. The other patient, a 29-year-old border police officer working at the Leon Mba Libreville International Airport, had checked the passport of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs employee when she arrived from France on March 8.^{[3] [4]}
• March 20 – The first COVID-19 death in the country was confirmed.^[5]
• March 24 – Diagnosed cases increased to six with the Ministry of Health announcing two new cases: a 45-year-old Togolese national, resident of Gabon and recently returned from Senegal on March 11, and a 42-year-old Gabonese national returned from France, on March 19.^[6]
• July 17 – Rose Christiane Raponda is appointed Gabon′s first female prime minister.^[7]
• December 29 – Parliament approves constitutional changes to fill a legal void if the president becomes incapacitated and grant heads of state immunity after they leave office.^[8]

See also

• 2020 in Middle Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Infos Corona Virus – Informez-vous sur le Corona Virus . fr-FR . 2020-04-23.
2. Web site: Ghana, Gabon confirm first cases of coronavirus . National Post . Reuters . 13 March 2020. en-CA. 13 March 2020.
3. Web site: 17 March 2020. Urgent : 2 nouveaux cas confirmés de Covid-19. 20 March 2020. GabonActu.
4. Web site: 2 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Gabon - Xinhua English.news.cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20200319161935/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/18/c_138889956.htm. dead. March 19, 2020. www.xinhuanet.com. 2020-03-26.
5. Web site: Coronavirus : premier décès enregistré au Gabon. GabonMediaTime. 20 March 2020. 20 March 2020.
6. Web site: Covid-19 : Le Gabon enregistre son 6è cas positif. 23 March 2020.
7. News: Gabon appoints first woman prime minister . December 29, 2020 . www.aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . July 17, 2020 . en.
8. News: Gabon approves constitutional change if president incapacitated . December 29, 2020 . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . December 29, 2020 . en.