Françoise Makaya

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Françoise Makaya is a Gabonese politician. She is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (Parti démocratique gabonais, PDG) and a Deputy in the National Assembly of Gabon.[1]

Following the death of President Omar Bongo in June 2009, Makaya said in reference to the succession of Senate President Rose Francine Rogombe: "We saw the [swearing in] ceremony with some satisfaction because she's a woman but there was also plenty of emotion and tears because of the president's death".[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Liste Alphabétique des Députés". Assemblee Nationale du Gabon. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
  2. ^ Patrick Fort, "Senate speaker becomes Gabon's first woman president", AFP, 10 June 2009.