Louis-Gaston Mayila
| Louis-Gaston Mayila | |
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| Minister of National Education | |
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In office 1980–1987 |
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| Minister of Labor, Employment, Human Resources, and Professional Training | |
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In office 1987–1989 |
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| Minister of State for Labor, Employment, and Professional Training | |
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In office 1989–1990 |
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| President of the Union for the New Republic | |
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Assumed office 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 25, 1947 Boungounga, Gabon |
| Nationality | Gabonese |
| Website | www.louisgastonmayila.com |
Louis-Gaston Mayila (born 25 January 1947) is a Gabonese politician. He is the President of the Union for the New Republic (UPRN), a political party.
Mayila was born at Boungounga, located in Ngounie Province. In 1973, he became an official at the Shell Gabon oil company in charge of training and recruitment; he was also appointed as Secretary-General of Civil and Commercial Aviation in the same year. He then became Director of the National School of Administration in 1974, and at the end of 1974 he became Deputy Personal Adviser to the President of Gabon, Omar Bongo. Subsequently he was appointed as Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic in 1975. While retaining that post, he obtained the rank of Minister in 1976 and was assigned responsibility for posts and telecommunications; he was also placed in charge of relations with the National Timber Company of Gabon (Société Nationale des Bois du Gabon, SNBG). He held the position of Minister of Postal Services, Reform and Semi-Public Firms, Tourism, and National Parks until being dismissed from the government on 4 February 1978.
Mayila was Secretary-General of the Government with the rank of Minister in 1980; subsequently he was Minister of National Education from late 1980 to 1987. He was then Minister of Labor, Employment, Human Resources, and Professional Training from 1987 to 1989, Minister of State for Labor, Employment, and Professional Training from 1989 to 1990, and Personal Adviser to the President of the Republic for Development and Public Investments from 1990 to 1992.
In 1992, Mayila resigned from his post as Personal Adviser to the President and founded a new party, the People's Unity Party (Parti de l'Unité du Peuple, PUP). However, his new party allied with the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) and supported President Bongo's candidacy in the 1993 presidential election. Mayila participated in the negotiations that led to the signing of the Paris Accords between the government and the opposition in 1994 and was then appointed as Minister-Delegate under the Prime Minister in charge of Decentralization and Mobile Security. He was subsequently promoted to the post of Minister of the Interior, Decentralization, and Mobile Security in early 1995.
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