2025 Gabonese general election

In August 2023, a general election was held where incumbent president Ali Bongo won a third term with 64% of the votes.The results were heavily controversial and disputed and four days later, the Gabonese Army and the Gabonese Republican Guard, led by Brigadier General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was a cousin of Bongo, led a coup d'état which ousted and arrested Bongo and his government, annulled the election results, dissolved all state institutions, and where the military assumes control of the country with Nguema as transitional president.[2][3][4] On 13 November, the military junta authorities promised free and fair elections to be held.[5] On 9 January 2025, Brice Oligui Nguema announced that the country will hold a presidential election on 22 March 2025.This decision follows the adoption of a new constitution in November 2024, which establishes a presidential system with term limits and stricter eligibility requirements.
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