Louis-Gaston Mayila

Louis-Gaston Mayila (25 January 1947 – 4 February 2025) was a Gabonese politician. He was the President of the Union for the New Republic (UPRN), a political party, from 2007 to his death in 2025. He also served as a government minister multiple times including, Minister of Postal Services, Reform and Semi-Public Firms, Tourism, and National Parks from 1976 to 1978, and National Parks Minister of National Education from 1980 to 1987, Minister of Labor, Employment, Human Resources, and Professional Training from 1987 to 1989, and Minister of State for Labor, Employment, and Professional Training from 1989 to 1990. He was also Personal Adviser to the President of the Republic for Development and Public Investments from 1990 to 1992. He was also Minister of the Interior, Decentralization, and Mobile Security from 1995, President of the Economic and Social Council (CES) from 1997 to 2005, and Minister of National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Welfare and the Fight against Poverty from 2006 to 2007.