State · 1960 – present
Gabon
A state of 1960 – present — 66 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Middle Congo. The atlas records 11 things within it — regime change 2 · unrest and atrocity 1 · famine and plague 1 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 7 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 66 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 7
- the President of Gabon
- Most ground
- 266,100 km²
- in 1961
- Within it
- 11
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Middle Congo · replaces
Rulers
The line of President of Gabon - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léon M'ba | 1960 – 1964 | 4 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Jean-Hilaire Aubame | 1964 – 1964 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Léon M'ba | 1964 – 1967 | 3 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Omar Bongo | 1967 – 2009 | 42 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge | 2009 – 2009 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Rose Francine Rogombé | 2009 – 2009 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ali Bongo | 2009 – 2023 | 14 years | removed by a coupWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Brice Oligui Nguema | 2023 – in office | in office since 2023 | still in office |
7 rulers, 7 with terms dated as terms, covering 1960 – 2023. Median reign 3 years. 4 of 7 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Gabon, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Omar Bongo | lived 1935 – 2009 |
| Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane | lived 1939 – … |
| Jean Eyeghé Ndong | lived 1946 – … |
| Paul Biyoghé Mba | lived 1953 – … |
| Léon M'ba | 1957 – 1961 |
| Léon Mébiame | 1975 – 1990 |
| Casimir Oyé-Mba | 1990 – 1994 |
| Paulin Obame-Nguema | 1994 – 1999 |
| Raymond Ndong Sima | 2012 – 2014 |
| Daniel Ona Ondo | 2014 – 2016 |
| Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet | 2016 – 2019 |
| Julien Nkoghe Békale | 2019 – 2020 |
| Rose Christiane Raponda | 2020 – 2023 |
| Raymond Ndong Sima | 2023 – … |
| Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze | 2023 – 2023 |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
266,100 km² in 1970, 266,100 km² in 2020; at its largest 266,100 km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, 1959 – 1960Flag of Gabon (1959–1960) · Public domain 
flag, from 1960Flag of Gabon · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1963Coat of arms of Gabon · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19998 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Ali Bongo · ruler · 1959 – present
- Omar Bongo · ruler · 1935 – 2009
- Rose Francine Rogombé · ruler · 1942 – 2015
- Léon M'ba · ruler · 1902 – 1967
- Brice Oligui Nguema · ruler · 1975 – present
- Jean-Hilaire Aubame · ruler · 1912 – 1989
- Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge · ruler · 1946 – present
- 1964 Gabonese coup d'état · adverse regime change · 1964
2000 – 20993 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2023 Gabonese coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2023
- COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon · plague · 2020
- 2019 Gabonese coup attempt · unrest · 2019
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood66 years
stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held266,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 64% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median3 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 9% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record7
has more rulers on record than 73% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1950 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1961, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1000 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.