ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=760 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><IMG height=60 src="gabon.gif" width=86 align=left border=1 VLINE="60"> </TD> <TD><A name=anchor100> <H1>Gabon </A></H1> <H3>Number 1-2009</H3></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=770 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2.25pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; BACKGROUND: lightgreen; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt" width=140 bgColor=#008888> <DIV><B><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=blue size=-1><A href="#anchor0">News</A></FONT></B></DIV></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2.25pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; BACKGROUND: lightgreen; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt" width=140 bgColor=#008888> <DIV><B><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=blue size=-1><A href="#anchor1">Analyses</A></FONT></B></DIV></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2.25pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; BACKGROUND: lightgreen; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt" width=140 bgColor=#008888> <DIV><B><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=blue size=-1><A href="gabon_stat_eng.html">The country</A></FONT></B></DIV></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2.25pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; BACKGROUND: lightgreen; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt" width=140 bgColor=#008888> <DIV><B><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=blue size=-1><A href="gabon_tur_eng.html">Tourism</A></FONT></B></DIV></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2.25pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2.25pt; BACKGROUND: lightgreen; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 2.25pt" width=140 bgColor=#008888> <DIV><B><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=blue size=-1><A href="gabon_business_eng.html">Business</A></FONT></B></DIV></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 bgColor=#ffffff border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=140 bgColor=#ffffff> <TABLE height=919 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=155 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=0%> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B>Headings</B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="#anchor0">News</A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="#anchor1">Analyses</A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="gabon_stat_eng.html">The country</A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="gabon_tur_eng.html">Tourism</A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="gabon_business_eng.html">Business</A></FONT> <BR></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B><A href="adv_eng.htm">Advertise here</A></B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">Click here </A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">to see the prices</A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">of advertisement.</A></FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </TD></TR> <TD height=0%></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD> <TD vAlign=top> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=490 align=right border=0><FONT color=#000066> <DIV align=left> <H3><A name=anchor0>News</A></H3></DIV></FONT> <DIV align=right> <H5><U>Gabon (1) -- News -- 2010</U></H5></DIV> <DIV align=center> <H1>A new government formed in Gabon</H1> <H5>01.01.2010</H5><P align=justify> <P align=justify> A new and slimmed-down administration was formed in Gabon in October 2009, as announced in a presidential decree via television by Secretary General of the Gabonese Presidency Francois Engongah Owono.<br> Headed by Prime Minister Paul Biyoghe M'ba, the new cabinet is composed of 30 ministers, 14 less compared with the last administration.<br> With 18 new faces, the Gabonese government has on one hand canceled the positions of vice prime minister and minister of state, and on the other hand merged several ministerial posts. Paul Toungui and Jean Francois Ndongou remained Foreign Minister and Interior Minister respectively while Angelique Ngoma was transferred as the new defense minister who was the minister of family in the previous administration. No names of the opposition parties appeared on the list of cabinet members.<br> President-elect of the Gabonese Republic Ali Ben Bongo was sworn in as the third president of the central African country on Friday. </P> <DIV align=center> <H3><A href="#anchor100">Beginning</A>***<A href="south_eng.html">Africa</A></H3></DIV> <BR> <FONT color=#000066> <DIV align=left> <H3><A name=anchor1>Analyses</A></H3></DIV></FONT> <DIV align=right> <H5><U>Gabon (1) -- Analyses -- 2010</U></H5></DIV> <DIV align=center> <H1>Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba</H1> <H5>01.01.2010</H5><P align=justify> Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo on February 9, 1959) is a Gabonese politician who is currently President of Gabon following his victory in the 2009 presidential election. <br> Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999; subsequently he was Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. He is a Vice-President of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) and was the PDG's candidate in the August 2009 presidential election, which followed his father's death.According to official results, he won the election with 42% of the vote. </P> <DIV align=center> <H3><A href="#anchor100">Beginning</A>***<A href="south_eng.html">Africa</A></H3></DIV> </div> <TBODY></TBODY></TABLE></TD> <TD vAlign=top> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B>Contacts</B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="http://www.psp-ltd.com">www.psp-ltd.com</A></FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B>Languages</B></FONT></TD></TR> <tr><td> <font size="-1" face="MS Sans Serif" color=blue> <a href="gabon_bg1_10.html"><img border=0 width=30 height=21 src=bulgaria.gif>Bulgarian</a></font> </tr></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <FORM action=http://www.google.com/search method=get> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B>Search in Internet</B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE width=100 bgColor=#ffffff border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><A href="http://www.google.com/"><IMG height=45 alt=Google src="Google_Safe.gif" width=100 align=middle border=0></A> <INPUT maxLength=100 size=10 name=q> <INPUT type=hidden value=vss name=safe> <INPUT type=hidden value=1 name=vss> <INPUT type=submit value=Search name=sa> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FORM></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B><A href="adv_eng.htm">Advertise here</A></B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">Click here </A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">to see the prices</A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">of advertisement.</A></FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B><A href="mm_eng1_9.htm">MEDIA-M</A></B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="mm_eng1_9.htm">MEDIA-M </A> - A site for </FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1>classical and applied arts</FONT> </TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B><A href="sm_eng1_9.htm">SOFIA-M</A></B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="sm_eng1_9.htm">SOFIA-M</A> - A site for</FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1>science and technology</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=120 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#e8e8e8><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><B><A href="adv_eng.htm">Advertise here</A></B></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">Click here </A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">to see the prices</A></FONT><BR><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#000066 size=-1><A href="adv_eng.htm">of advertisement.</A></FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>