Events in the year 2025 in Gabon.
Incumbents
President: Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema Prime Minister: Raymond Ndong Sima
Events
January 20 January – The Transitional Parliament approves a new electoral code.
April 12 April – 2025 Gabonese presidential election: Acting president Brice Oligui Nguema is elected as regular president with 90.35% of the vote.
May 3 May – Brice Oligui Nguema is inaugurated for a regular term as president. 16 May – Former president Ali Bongo and his family are confirmed to have been released and in Angola following an agreement between Angolan President João Lourenço and President Oligui. 19 May – The International Court of Justice rules in favor of Equatorial Guinea's claims to the islands of Mbanie, Cocotier, and Conga, which have been occupied by Gabon since 1972. 27 May – Trade unionist Patrick Barbera Isaac is appointed Minister of Labour, Full Employment and Social Dialogue.
June 6 June – Gabon announces its withdrawal from a 2007 agreement with the European Union that allowed EU vessels to fish in Gabonese waters in exchange for financial support to Gabon’s fisheries sector.
August 12 August – The government issues an amnesty for participants in the 2023 Gabonese coup d'état and the 2019 Gabonese coup attempt.
September 27 September – 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election (first round)
October 11 October – 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election (second round) 18 October – 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election (partial rerun)
November 11 November – A special criminal court in Libreville convicts former first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin on multiple criminal charges and sentences them to 20 years' imprisonment. 18 November – Gabon signs the "Gabon Infini" climate finance agreement, combining $94 million in donor funding with $86 million of government money over 10 years to protect of the Congo Basin rainforest. The Specialized Criminal Court convicts nine associates of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo of embezzlement, corruption, and money laundering and sentences them to up to 15 years' imprisonment.
December 3 December – Tourism minister Pascal Ogowé Siffon is placed under house arrest on suspicion of embezzling nearly $18 million of the ministry's funds. 16 December – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation imposing partial travel restrictions on Gabonese nationals travelling to the United States.
Holidays
1 January – New Year's Day 30 March – Eid al-Fitr 17 April – Women's Day 21 April – Easter Monday 1 May – Labour Day 29 May – Ascension Day 6 June – Eid al-Adha 9 June Whit Monday 15 August – Assumption Day 16–17 August – Independence Day 1 November – All Saints Day 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths 16 April – Aaron Boupendza, 28, footballer (national team). 1 November – Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou, 65, politician and magistrate.
References
External links Online calendar