Christian Serge Maronga (12 October 1959 – 5 August 2008
''L'Union'' (internetgabon.com), 6 August 2008 .) was a

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ese politician and President of the

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. Running as the RDD candidate in

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held on 27 November 2005, he finished last out of five candidates, winning 0.30% of the vote. As a representative of the opposition, Maronga was included on the joint majority–opposition commission on the reform of the electoral process, which began its work in May 2006 and included 12 representatives from the Presidential Majority as well as 12 from the opposition."Gabon : La commission paritaire majorité-opposition a commencé ses travaux à huit clos"
, Gabonews (bdpgabon.org), 16 May 2006 . Suffering from

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, he was hospitalized for a month at the Hospital Center of Libreville before dying on 5 August 2008.

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