Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo (born 18 April 1955) is a Gabonese lawyer who is the former romantic partner of Omar Bongo, the long-standing authoritarian ruler of Gabon.

She is the president of the Constitutional Court of Gabon (Cour Constitutionnelle de la Republique Gabonaise) since its foundation in 1991. During her tenure on the court, she helped ensure the Bongo family's rule over Gabon through her rulings, in particular in relation to fraudulent elections. She reportedly owns properties in France and South Africa.

Career From 1983 to 1991 she was president of the Cour de Comptes of the Supreme Court of Gabon and taught law at Omar Bongo University. After taking part in the national conference of 1990 she was one of the writers of the country's new constitution, and became president of the newly-established constitutional court (the Constitutional Court of Gabon), a post she still holds .

It has been suggested that she "contributed to the Constitutional Court's loss of legitimacy as an impartial institution" by making controversial decisions on the allegedly fraudulent presidential elections of 1993, 2009 and 2016 in which her former lover and then her step-son Ali Bongo Ondimba retained and gained the post of president.

Selected publications La contribution des Cours constitutionnelles à l'Etat de Droit en Afrique, (2007, Economica: ) La Constitution de la République Gabonaise