Woman Crush Sunday(WCS): Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda.

Rose Raponda (born 1964) is a Gabonese politician that previously served as the Mayor of Libreville and later as the country's Defense Minister from February 2019 to July 2020. She is currently serving as the Prime Minister of Gabon since 16th of July 2020, making her the first female prime minister of the country.

Raponda was born in 1964 in Libreville as a member of the Mpongwe people. Raponda has a degree in Economics and Public Finance from the Gabonese Institute of Economy and Finance.Raponda started her political career as the Director General of the Economy and Deputy Director General of the Housing Bank of Gabon.She later served as minister of budget and public finance from February 2012 until January 2014. On the 26th of January 2014, Raponda was elected Mayor of the capital city Libreville, She represented

the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party; She was the first woman to hold that position since 1956 and she served until 2019. She also became President of United Cities and Local Governments Africa.

On the 12th of February 2019, Raponda was appointed as the Defense Minister of Gabon by President Ali Bongo Ondimba after the failed coup in January 2019. In that same year Raponda also replaced Etienne Massard Kabinda Makaga, a member of the Bongo family, who had held the position since 2016.On July, 16th 2020, Raponda was appointed the Prime Minister of Gabon after her predecessor Julien Nkoghe Bekale stepped down. She is the first woman to hold this position, her appointment is the fourth cabinet shuffle by Ondimba since the failed coup, her appointment came during the dual health and economic crises due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the fall in the price of oil, one of the country's main resources. Indeed Rose Christaine Ossouka Raponda is a blessed woman, we hope to see more women thriving in their career.

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