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Political Parties In Gabon
Before the 2023 Gabonese coup d'état, 2023 Coup d’etat, This article lists political party, political parties in politics of Gabon, Gabon. Gabon is a one-party dominant state with the Gabonese Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. The parties Parliamentary parties Other parties *African Development Movement (''Mouvement Africain de Développement'') *Common Movement for Development (''Mouvement Commun pour le Développement'') *African Forum for Reconstruction (''Forum Africain pour la Réconstruction'') *Democratic and Republican Alliance (''Alliance Démocratique et Républicaine'') *Gabonese Progress Party (''Parti gabonais du progrès'') *Gabonese Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste Gabonais'') *Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (''Union Gabonaise pour la Démocratie et le Développement'') *Jeunesse Gabonais, the first political party in Gabonese history *Movement for Nat ...
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2023 Gabonese Coup D'état
On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo had won the general election held on 26 August. It was the eighth successful coup to occur in West and Central Africa since 2020. The coup's leader Brice Oligui Nguema is part of the Bongo family and overthrew his cousin Ali Bongo. The coup brought an end to the 56-year-long rule of the father-and-son duo Omar and Ali Bongo over Gabon. It has been described by some as a palace coup. Background Since independence from France in 1960, Gabon has primarily been ruled by the Bongo family starting with President Omar Bongo in 1967 and, following his death in 2009, by his son Ali Bongo Ondimba. Ali Bongo was re-elected in an election in 2016 which prompted a failed coup attempt in 2019. During the rule of the Bongo family the country had been plagued by accusations of corruption and nepotism, several elections had been tainted by reports of fraud or irregularities ...
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Social Democratic Party (Gabon)
The Social Democratic Party (, PSD) is a political party in Gabon. It is part of the Presidential Majority coalition and is led by Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou. History The PSD was established in 1991. Maganga Moussavou was nominated as its candidate for the 1993 presidential election, finishing fourth in a field of thirteen candidates with 3.6% of the vote. He ran again in the 1998 presidential election, this time finishing fifth out of the eight candidates with 1% of the vote. The party won a single seat in the National Assembly in the 2001 parliamentary election, and subsequently joined the Gabonese Democratic Party The Gabonese Democratic Party (, PDG) is a political party in Gabon. It was the dominant political party in Gabonese politics from 1961 until 2023, when it was deposed in a coup d'état against President Ali Bongo. It was also the sole legal ... (PDG)-led government.Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press It did not put ...
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Gabonese Socialist Party
The Gabonese Socialist Party (, PSG) is a small political party in Gabon. History The party was established in 1991, and merged into the African Forum for Reconstruction the following year. In 2006 the party's Augustin Moussavou King contested the presidential elections A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The ...; he finished fourth out of five candidates with 0.33% of the vote. It supported Pierre Mamboundou of the Union of the Gabonese People in the 2009 elections;Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p503 Mamboundou finished third with 25% of the vote. References 1991 establishments in Gabon Political parties established in 1991 Political parties in Gabon Socialism in Gabon Socialist parties in Africa {{Gabon-stub ...
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Gabonese Progress Party
The Gabonese Progress Party (, PGP) is a political party in Gabon. History The PGP was established as a left-leaning party in March 1990, at the beginning of the wave of democratization that swept Africa in the early 1990s. Initially, its key leaders were Pierre-Louis Agondjo Okawé, who was President, Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema, who was Vice-President, and Joseph Rendjambe, who was Secretary-General.David E. Gardinier and Douglas A. Yates, ''Historical Dictionary of Gabon'' (2006), Third Edition, pages 256–257. Rendjambe died in unclear circumstances in May 1990, resulting in riots by angry opposition supporters in Port-Gentil and Libreville. In the 1990 parliamentary elections the PGP won 18 seats, emerging as the third-largest party. Agondjo Okawé was the PGP candidate in the 1993 presidential elections, finishing third amidst opposition allegations of fraud. President Omar Bongo Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was ...
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Democratic And Republican Alliance
The Democratic and Republican Alliance (, ADERE) is a political party in Gabon. History The party won a single seat in the 1996 parliamentary elections. It gained two more seats in the 2001 elections and retained all three seats in the 2006 elections, in which it was part of the bloc led by the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party The Gabonese Democratic Party (, PDG) is a political party in Gabon. It was the dominant political party in Gabonese politics from 1961 until 2023, when it was deposed in a coup d'état against President Ali Bongo. It was also the sole legal .... At a plenary session on 15 January 2010, ADERE decided to rejoin the Presidential Majority, which it had left in mid-2009, while expressing support for the reforms instituted by President Ali Bongo since taking office. The party lost all three seats in the 2011 elections. ADERE President Dieudonné Pambou died on 24 January 2014.
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African Forum For Reconstruction
The African Forum for Reconstruction (, FAR) is a political party in Gabon led by Léon Mbou Yembi. History The party was established in 1992 as a merger of the Gabonese Socialist Party (PSG), the Gabonese Socialist Union (USG) and MORENA–Original, which between them had won eleven seats in the 1990 parliamentary elections. Léon Mbou Yembi was nominated as the party's candidate for the 1993 presidential elections, finishing eighth in a field of 13 candidates with 1.8% of the vote. The 1996 parliamentary elections saw the USG run alone, whilst the FAR won a single seat. It lost its seat in the 2001 elections, but regained it in the 2006 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2006. * Elections in 2006 * Electoral calendar 2006 * 2006 Acehnese regional election * 2006 American Samoan legislative election * 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2006 Costa Rican presidential e ..., with Mbou Yembi winning a seat. The FAR did not contest the 2005 preside ...
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Common Movement For Development
The Common Movement for Development (, MCD) was a political party in Gabon, led by Paul Biyoghé Mba. History The party was established by Biyoghé Mba in 1994 after he left the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG).Paul Biyoghé Mba, Premier ministre aux réels pouvoirs
Jeune Afrique, 21 October 2010
In 1997 the party won a seat in the
Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

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African Development Movement
The African Development Movement (, MAD) was a political party in Gabon led by Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome. MAD contested the 2001 parliamentary elections to win Zeng Ebome a seat in the National Assembly. He retained it in the 2006 elections, wherein MAD was part of a bloc supporting the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party The Gabonese Democratic Party (, PDG) is a political party in Gabon. It was the dominant political party in Gabonese politics from 1961 until 2023, when it was deposed in a coup d'état against President Ali Bongo. It was also the sole legal .... He lost it in the 2011 elections. MAD held its Fourth Congress on 10 February 2008, reaffirming its participation in the Presidential Majority and reelecting Zeng Ebome as its president. In 2010, it was one of several parties that had merged into the National Union.
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Republican Equality Front
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New Democracy (Gabon)
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Liberalism
Liberalism is a Political philosophy, political and moral philosophy based on the Individual rights, rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, the right to private property, and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various and often mutually conflicting views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, Economic freedom, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion.Generally support: * * * * * * *constitutional government and privacy rights * Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.Wolfe, p. 23. Liberalism became a distinct Political movement, movement in the Age of Enlightenment, gaining popularity among Western world, Western philosophers and economists. L ...
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Circle Of Liberal Reformers
The Circle of Liberal Reformers (, CLR) is a political party in Gabon. History The CLR was formed in 1993 as a breakaway from the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), and was led by Jean-Boniface Assélé. It supported incumbent President Omar Bongo Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until Death and state funeral of Omar Bongo, his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese De ... of the PDG in the 1993 presidential elections. The party won two seats in the 1996 parliamentary elections, and retained both in the 2001 elections. It was part of the PDG-led bloc in the 2006 elections, again retaining both seats.Elections in Gabon
African Elections Database It was reduced to one seat in the
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