Léonard Andjembé
Léonard Andjembé (born 1 January 1948) is a Gabonese politician and professor. He is currently the First Vice-president of the Senate of Gabon, and he was the Senate's Interim President for several months in 2009. Political career Andjembé was born in the Haut-Ogooué Province of southeastern Gabon and studied in France. He was Director of Research and Pedagogy at the Ministry of National Education from October 1976 to March 1978. As a professor, he has taught moral and political philosophy at the Omar Bongo University in Libreville and was Secretary-General of the university during the 1980s. Andjembé, a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), served in the National Assembly as a Deputy from Lékabi-Lewolo Department until the time of the December 1996 parliamentary election, when he faced Minister of Defense Idriss Ngari (also a PDG member) in a "fratricidal fight" for the seat. When the Senate was created in 1997, he was elected as a Senator from Ngouoni; he was re-elected to the Senate as a PDG candidate in 2003. As First Vice-president of the Senate, Andjembé temporarily directed the work of the Senate following the death of Senate President Georges Rawiri on 9 April 2006. President Omar Bongo