Christian Serge Maronga (12 October 1959 – 5 August 2008) was a Gabon

Gabon

Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

ese politician and President of the Rally of Democrats

Rally of Democrats

The Rally of Democrats is a small political party in Gabon. It was founded in 1997 by Christian Serge Maronga.Maronga was the party's candidate in presidential elections held on 27 November 2005. He finished last out of five candidates, winning 0.30% of the vote....

 (RDD) party.

Maronga was a municipal official in Libreville

Libreville

Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. As of 2005, it has a population of 578,156.- History :...

. Running as the RDD candidate in presidential election

Gabonese presidential election, 2005

Gabon held a presidential election on 27 November 2005. Incumbent President Omar Bongo Ondimba, in power since 1967 , sought another seven-year term against four other candidates. According to an announcement of results by the country's interior minister, Bongo won the election with 79.2% of the vote...

 held on 27 November 2005, he finished last out of five candidates, winning 0.30% of the vote.

As a representative of the opposition, Maronga was included on the joint majority–opposition commission on the reform of the electoral process, which began its work in May 2006 and included 12 representatives from the Presidential Majority as well as 12 from the opposition.

Suffering from diabetes, he was hospitalized for a month at the Hospital Center of Libreville before dying on 5 August 2008.