1964 Gabonese coup d'état
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The 1964 Gabonese coup d'état was staged between 17 and 19 February 1964 by Gabonese military officers who rose against Gabonese President Léon M'ba. Before the coup, Gabon was seen as one of the most
Gabonese and French military officers, 1959
The United States Embassy in Libreville
Léon M'ba
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Gabriel Léon M'ba was a Gabonese politician who served as both the first Prime Minister and later, the President of Gabon, from 1961 until his death in 1967.
1964 Gabonese coup d'état
…The 1964 Gabonese coup d'état was staged between 17 and 19 February 1964 by Gabonese military officers who rose against Gabonese President Léon M'ba. Before the coup, Gabon was seen as one of the most politically stable countries in Africa. The coup resulted from M'ba's dissolution of the Gabonese…
Léon M'ba in 1964
Fangs in a Christian mission, c. 1912