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"French Congo. Natives from Gabon": Colonial postcard c.1905. In 1838 and 1841, France established a protectorate over the coastal regions of Gabon by treaties with Gabonese coastal chiefs. . American missionaries from New England established a mission at the mouth of the Komo River in 1842. In 1849, the French authorities captured an illegal slave ship and freed the captives on board. The ...
Gabon (/ ɡ ə ˈ b ɒ n / gə-BON; French pronunciation: ⓘ), officially the Gabonese Republic (French: République gabonaise), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.
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1940: the colony of Gabon rallies to the Free French (France libre) after several battles between Vichyste and Gaullistes. 1946: Jean-Hilaire Aubame, founder of the Union Démocratique et Sociale du Gabon, is the first Gabonese elected to the French National Assembly. 1946: Haut-Ogooué is definitively attached to Gabon.
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The UDSG was established on 9 September 1947 by Jean-Hilaire Aubame, [1] and was affiliated with the African Regroupment Party.In the 1952 Territorial Assembly elections it won 14 of the 24 elected seats.
Théophile Quillet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon: 1857 to 1859: Alexis Édouard Vignon, Commandant-Particular of Gabon: 2nd Term: 1859 to 1860: Pierre Alexandre Mailhetard, Commandant-Particular of Gabon: 4 August 1860 to 1861: César Charles Joseph Pradier, Commandant-Particular of Gabon: 1861 to 1863: Paul Claude Nicolas Brue, Commandant ...
Gabon attained its independence on 17 August 1960. [27] Those who acquired Gabonese nationality on that date included any person domiciled in Gabon including their children and spouse. However, those not born in Gabon had to apply for confirmation by registering with the head of state their intent to remain in Gabon. [ 70 ]