Editing Gabon (section)

==== 2023 coup d'état ====
{{Main|2023 Gabonese coup d'état}}
In August 2023, following the announcement that Ali Bongo had won a third term in the [[2023 Gabonese general election|general election]], military officers announced that they had taken power in a [[2023 Gabonese coup d'état|coup d'état]] and cancelled the election results. They also dissolved state institutions, including the Judiciary, Parliament and the constitutional assembly.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabon military officers claim power, say election lacked credibility |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/30/gabon-military-officers-claim-power-say-election-lacked-credibility |access-date=30 August 2023 |website=www.aljazeera.com |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830050716/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/30/gabon-military-officers-claim-power-say-election-lacked-credibility |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=30 August 2023 |title=Gabonese military officers announce they have seized power of oil-rich country |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/ |access-date=30 August 2023 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830051446/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  On 31 August 2023, army officers who seized power, ending the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power, named Gen [[Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema|Brice Oligui Nguema]] as the country's transitional leader.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gabon coup leaders name Gen Brice Oligui Nguema as new leader |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66666585 |work=BBC News |date=31 August 2023 |access-date=5 September 2023 |archive-date=31 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831010153/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66666585 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 September 2023, General Nguema was sworn in as interim president of Gabon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gabon coup leader Brice Nguema vows free elections - but no date |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66705693 |work=BBC News |date=4 September 2023 |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=4 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904220628/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66705693 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2024, a [[2024 Gabon constitutional referendum|referendum on a new constitution]] was approved, reforming the country's government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-18 |title=Journal de l'Afrique - Nouvelle constitution au Gabon, le référendum fixé au 16 novembre |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9missions/journal-de-l-afrique/20241018-nouvelle-constitution-au-gabon-le-r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rendum-fix%C3%A9-au-16-novembre-prochain |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=France 24 |language=fr}}</ref>