Léon Mba

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head of state human politician

Léon Mba was a Gabonese politician who became the country’s first president after leading it to independence from France.

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Label Occurrences
Léon Mba canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
ally France ⓘ
burialPlace Libreville ⓘ
capitalGoverned Libreville ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
colleague Omar Bongo ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-02-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1967-11-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Catholic mission school in Libreville ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fang people ⓘ
familyName Mba ⓘ
givenName Léon ⓘ
hasHonor national airport of Gabon named after him ⓘ
headOfGovernment Léon Mba government ⓘ
headOfStateOf Gabon ⓘ
languageSpoken Fang ⓘ
French ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Gabonese Democratic Bloc ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party of Gabon

Gabonese Democratic Bloc ⓘ
movement Gabonese independence movement ⓘ
namesake Léon-Mba International Airport ⓘ
nationality Gabonese ⓘ
notableWork leading Gabon to independence from France ⓘ
officeEnd 1967-11-28 ⓘ
officeStart 1961-02-12 ⓘ
opposedBy Gabonese military officers in 1964 coup ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gabon ⓘ
Libreville ⓘ
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
positionHeld Mayor of Libreville ⓘ
Gabonese presidency ⓘ
surface form: President of Gabon

Prime Minister of Gabon ⓘ
precededBy position created ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Libreville ⓘ
restoredToPowerBy French military intervention ⓘ
significantEvent 1964 Gabon coup d’état ⓘ
Gabonese independence ⓘ
succeededBy Omar Bongo ⓘ
wasVictimOf 1964 Gabon coup d’état ⓘ
workedAs colonial administrator ⓘ
customs official ⓘ

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Prime Minister of Gabon → officeHoldersInclude → Léon Mba ⓘ
Léon-Mba International Airport → namedAfter → Léon Mba ⓘ