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with the aim of promoting its well-being and protecting it from all harm, to respect and defend the constitution and a state of law, and conscientiously to carry out my duties and to be fair before everyone". Internet access had been cut and television channels played only religious music following the announcement of Bongo's death.
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capacity prior to the holding of a new presidential election, in which she would not be allowed to run. Following the death of
President Omar Bongo on 8 June 2009, the Constitutional Court designated Rogombé as interim President on 9 June, and her swearing in was scheduled for the following day. In
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Secretary of State for the Advancement of Women and Human Rights during the 1980s. She left politics during the transition to multiparty politics in the early 1990s, instead devoting herself to law; she eventually became Vice-President of the Special
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was victorious according to official results. Bongo was sworn in as
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275:. She constitutionally succeeded Bongo due to her role as
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657:"Gabon bids to choke fears of Bongo succession battle"
457:"Gabon's Senate speaker becomes interim head of state"
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748:, Agence Gabonaise de Presse, 27 February 2015
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669:"Gabon's premier sees no election by end July"
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