Victoire Lasseni Duboze

Victoire Lasseni Duboze ( Issembè; born 17 November 1952) is a Gabonese writer and politician. She served as a member of the National Assembly (1990-2001) and Senate (2003-?), as well as Minister of Family and Social Affairs.

Biography Victoire Issembè was born on 17 November 1952 in Grand-Bassam (then part of the French colony of Ivory Coast), daughter of Marie-Catherine Azizet Fall Ndiaye and Théophile Issembè. She obtained her baccalaureate A4 in Verneuil-sur-Avre in France in 1973, then pursued higher education with a in applied psychology in 1975, followed by a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1976. She was also a member of the National Assembly from 1990 to 2001. She was elected to the Senate of Gabon with 100% support in 2003. She made a second run in the 2023 Gabonese presidential election. She is author of Gabonais et Gabonaises, écrivons une nouvelle page de notre histoire.

Lasseni Duboze's accolades include Commander of the National Order of Merit and Officer of the Order of the Equatorial Star, as well as Commander of the Order of La Pléiade, and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite.