Léon Mébiame was the Prime Minister of Gabon from 1975 to 1990.

A member of the Fang ethnic group, Mébiame was born 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 :...

. Under French colonial rule, he became an inspector of federal police in 1956 and was posted in Chad from January 6, 1957 to March 1959. A close associate of President Omar Bongo

Omar Bongo

El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....

, he was Vice President

Vice President of Gabon

Vice President of Gabon was a political position in Gabon from 1961 to 1975 and from 1997 to 2009.Changes in the Constitution of 1966 made Vice President an automatic successor of President in case of a vacancy...

 from 1968 to 1975, when the position was abolished; he was then appointed as Prime Minister and served from April 16, 1975 to May 3, 1990. Subsequently he joined the opposition in the early 1990s.

He was appointed as President of the Libreville Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Mines on November 6, 2008. He took office on December 4, 2008, succeeding Joachim Boussamba.