title: Simplice Guédet Manzela
text: # Simplice Guédet Manzela
  
  Simplice Guedet Manzela (died 9 April 2020) was a Gabonese politician. He was a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (Parti démocratique gabonais, PDG), and was a deputy in the National Assembly of Gabon. He was Secretary-General of the PDG from 1994 until September 2008.
  
  He supported the candidacy of Jean Ping in the Gabonese presidential elections of 2016.
  
  