Marie-Augustine Houangni Ambouroué
Marie-Augustine Houangni Ambouroué | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Politician  |
| Children | Pascal Houangni Ambouroue |
Marie-Augustine Houangni-Ambouroué is a Gabonese politician. She was the first woman to be mayor of Port-Gentil, Gabon, the country's second largest city.[1]
Of Orungu descent,[1] Houangni Ambouroué held a number of posts in municipal government and served in the National Assembly of Gabon.[2] She served as mayor of Port-Gentil from 1980 to 1987 and 1997 to 2000. A politician with the Parti gabonais du progrès (PGP), she was ousted in 2000 and replaced by PGP leader Pierre-Louis Agondjo-Okawe, whose Nkomi faction was ascendant.[1][3] In 2001, she created a new political party, Alliance des Republicains pour le Developpement (ARD).[4][3]
Her son Pascal Houangni Ambouroue served in the cabinet of Gabon as Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Onditi, Francis; Yates, Douglas (5 January 2021). Illusions of Location Theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-64889-159-5.
- ^ "Gabon: Female politician creates new party", 20 January 2001 | BBC Monitoring International Reports