Danièle Obono

Danièle Obono (born 12 July 1980[1]) is a Gabonese-French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for Paris's 17th constituency since 2017. She has also been the spokesperson for La France Insoumise.

Danièle Obono
Obono in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Paris's 17th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byDaniel Vaillant
Personal details
Born (1980-07-12) 12 July 1980
Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon
NationalityGabonese, French
Political partyLa France Insoumise
Alma materPantheon-Sorbonne University

Early life

Obono was born on 12 July 1980 in Libreville, Gabon.[1] to a prominent Gabonese family.[2] She is the daughter of Hortense Simbou Mbadinga, a secretary at Air Gabon, and Martin Edzodzomo-Ela, an economist who was a senior executive at the Paribas-Gabon bank from 1975 to 1979 before he was dismissed for his opposition to the regime of Omar Bongo,[3] who was also a candidate in the Gabonese presidential election of 1998.[4][5] She lived in Gabon until she was about ten years old, and she attended university in Montpellier.[2] She became a naturalized French citizen in 2011.[6]

After graduating from university, Obono became a librarian in Paris.[7] In 2002, she obtained a master's degree in history at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, studying the economic relationship between France and Gabon during the second half of the 20th century under the supervision of Jacques Marseille.[8] In 2003, she started a doctoral program in political science at the Institute of The African World (fr), focusing on social and democratic movements in Nigeria, though she began her political career before completing that degree.[2]

Political career

A member of La France Insoumise, Obono was elected in the legislative election of 2017.[9][10] She was also the spokesperson for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, together with Alexis Corbière.[11]

In the legislature, Obono has served on the Law Commission, the Commission on European Affairs, and the Foreign Affairs Commission.[12][13][14]

In August 2020, the right-wing French magazine Valeurs actuelles published a seven-page fantasy story and illustrations of Obono as a slave in chains facing the sunset, shackled beside a fire, under the title "summer fantasy story", prompting an outcry from politicians of all parties.[15] The right-wing French close to Marine le Pen magazine also falsely claims that it was a satire while it offended millions of people throughout the country.

References
  1. "Mme Danièle Obono" (in French). French National Assembly. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. Godeau, Elise (9 July 2017). "Danièle Obono, viv(r)e la France". Libération (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. "Martin Edzodzomo-Ela" (in French). BNF. 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. "Elections in Gabon". African Elections Database. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. "Danièle Obono, la seule "insoumise" élue députée à Paris" (in French). Africa Post News. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. "Danielle Obono (front de gauche): « Pour un processus de révolution citoyenne »". Journal officiel des banlieues (in French). 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. "Législatives : duel entre une insoumise et une marcheuse dans la 17e circonscription de Paris" (in French). France 24. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. "Les relations économiques entre la France et le Gabon de 1960 à 2000" (in French). SUDOC. 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. "Paris - 17e circonscription , resultats élections législatives 2017". France Info. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  10. "Mme Danièle Obono". National Assembly. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  11. Lemke, Coralie (18 June 2017). "Résultat législatives 2017: Danièle Obono, une militante altermondialiste à l'Assemblée". 20 Minutes (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  12. "Composition de la commission des lois" (in French). French National Assembly. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  13. "Composition de la commission des affaires européennes" (in French). French National Assembly. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  14. "Composition de la délégation aux outre-mer" (in French). French National Assembly. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  15. Associated Press (29 August 2020). "French magazine says sorry for portraying black MP as a slave". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2020.


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