|
Dieudonné Mondjo
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 party between 1968 and 1990. History The party was established as the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (, BDG) in 1953 as a merger of the Gabonese Mixed Committee and the Gabonese Democratic Party.Messi Me Nang Clotaire, N’Foule Mba Fabrice & Nnang Ndong Léon-ModestLe consensus politique au Gabon, de 1960 à nos jours In the 1957 Territorial Assembly elections it won eight seats, finishing behind the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union (UDSG), which had won 14 seats. However, the BDG was able to form a coalition government with the "Entente–Defence of Gabonese Interests" list, headed by one of its members, and five independents. The BDG and UDSG formed an alliance prior to the 1961 general elections, with BDG leader Léon M'ba as the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angélique Ngoma
Angélique Ngoma is a Gabonese politician who served as Minister of National Defense from October 2009 to January 2011. Career Ngoma was a national delegate of the Women's Union of the Gabonese Democratic Party. She served as Minister for Family, Child Welfare and Advancement of Women from 1999 until 2009. In October 2009, she was appointed Minister of National Defense by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, one of the few ministers to be reappointed. In 2011, she was appointed Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Welfare. In June 2015, Ngoma was elected to the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ... for the second seat of Lower Banio. As of 2017, she is President of the Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Gabon
The National Assembly () is the lower house of the Parliament of Gabon. It has 143 members, elected by Two round system The status of the Parliament is unclear following the coup d'état four days after the 2023 general election. Legislative history National Assembly was established in 1960 by the Constitution of Gabon as a unicameral legislature. The members were elected by direct universal suffrage for a seven-year term. During the single-party rule from 1967 to 1990, all members were from Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), the sole legal party. In 1979 the mandate of the members was reduced from seven years to five years. Single-party system was dropped in 1990. Bicameral system was introduced, and Senate of Gabon was established in 1997. Latest results Members (since 1990) * List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 1990–1996 * List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 2001–2006 * List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 2006–2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Gabonese General Election
General elections were held in Gabon on 25 February 1973 to elect a President and the National Assembly. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) as the sole legal party. PDG leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed. In the National Assembly election the PDG put forward a list of 70 candidates for the 70 seats in the expanded Assembly. Voter turnout was allegedly 97.8%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p403 Results President National Assembly References {{Gabonese elections General Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ... Parliamentary elections in Gabon One-party e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Gabonese General Election
General elections were held in Gabon on 19 March 1967 to elect a President and the National Assembly. Incumbent Léon M'ba of the Gabonese Democratic Bloc was the only candidate in the presidential election and was elected unopposed. In the National Assembly election the Gabonese Democratic Bloc was the only party to contest the election, and won all 47 seats. Voter turnout was allegedly 99.4%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p399 On 27 November 1967, just days after he took his presidential oath at the Gabonese embassy, M'ba died from cancer, and was succeeded by Ali Bernard Bongo. He declared the country a one-party state the following year. Results President National Assembly References {{Gabonese elections General Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Gabonese Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Gabon on 12 April 1964. The elections were originally scheduled to be held during the week of an abortive coup, but President Leon M'ba of the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (BDG) dissolved the National Assembly and rescheduled them for 12 April. Despite widespread lack of free speech and intimidation of voters, the opposition still garnered 45% of the vote. Background The elections were originally to be held the week of an abortive coup. As a result of the coup, M'ba dissolved the National Assembly and rescheduled them for 12 April. Upon insistence of the French government, M'ba allowed opposition candidates to run, which it claimed was the main reason for the coup. However, opposition leaders were barred from participating because of their involvement in the coup, and known anti-M'ba organizers were deported to remote parts of the country. Campaign The Gabonese Democratic and Social Union (UDSG) practically disappeared from the political scen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Gabon)
The National Assembly () is the lower house of the Parliament of Gabon. It has 143 members, elected by Two round system The status of the Parliament is unclear following the coup d'état four days after the 2023 general election. Legislative history National Assembly was established in 1960 by the Constitution of Gabon as a unicameral legislature. The members were elected by direct universal suffrage for a seven-year term. During the single-party rule from 1967 to 1990, all members were from Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), the sole legal party. In 1979 the mandate of the members was reduced from seven years to five years. Single-party system was dropped in 1990. Bicameral system was introduced, and Senate of Gabon was established in 1997. Latest results Members (since 1990) * List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 1990–1996 * List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 2001–2006 * List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 2006–2011 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabonese General Election, 1961
General elections were held in Gabon on 12 February 1961 to elect a President and the National Assembly. It was the first time a president had been elected, with Prime Minister Léon M'ba of the Gabonese Democratic Bloc being the only candidate and was elected unopposed. In the National Assembly election the Gabonese Democratic Bloc and the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union put forward a joint list of candidates unopposed under the name "National Union". Voter turnout was allegedly 98.7%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p402 Results President National Assembly References {{Gabonese elections General Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ... Parliamentary elections in Gabon Single-candid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabonese Democratic And Social Union
The Gabonese Social and Democratic Union (, UDSG) was a political party in Gabon. History The UDSG was established on 9 September 1947 by Jean-Hilaire Aubame,Wilson-André Ndombet (2009) ''Partis politiques et Unité nationale au Gabon (1957-1989)'', KARTHALA Editions, p54 and was affiliated with the African Regroupment Party. In the 1952 Territorial Assembly elections it won 14 of the 24 elected seats. It won the same number of seats in the 1957 elections, but the Assembly had been enlarged to 40 seats. Although the UDSG was the largest party, the Gabonese Democratic Bloc-led coalition gained a majority of seats. The party formed an alliance with the BDG for the 1961 general elections. The BDG's Léon M'ba was the sole presidential candidate and the two parties put forward a joint list for the National Assembly elections. Both M'ba and the joint list were unopposed. In the 1964 parliamentary elections the UDSG won 16 seats, whilst the BDG won 31. The party did not contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabonese Territorial Assembly Election, 1957
Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Gabon on 31 March 1957. Although the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union (UDSG) won 14 of the 40 contested seats, the Gabonese Democratic Bloc was able to form a 21-seat coalition with the Entente–Defence of Gabonese Interests (a list headed by BDG member Paul Yembit)Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband'', p712 and five other MPs.Florence Bernault (1996) ''Démocraties ambiguës en Afrique centrale: Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, 1940-1965'' Paris: Karthala, , p262 Results References {{Gabonese elections Gabon Territorial A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ... Parliamentary elections in Gabon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Bongo
Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain-Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959) also known as Ali Ben Bongo is a Gabonese former politician and dictator who was the third president of Gabon from 2009 until he was deposed in a 2023 Gabonese coup d'état, coup in 2023. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party, Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was president from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, Bongo was Minister for Foreign Affairs (Gabon), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991, represented Bongoville as a deputy in the National Assembly of Gabon, National Assembly from 1991 to 1999, and was the Ministry of National Defense (Gabon), Minister of National Defense from 1999 to 2009. After his father's death, Bongo was elected president in the 2009 Gabonese presidential election, 2009 presidential election, marking the first political dynasty in the country. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Gabon
The president of Gabon () is the head of state and Head of government, government of Gabon. A total of three people have served as president (not counting the collective head of state, one disputed president, three acting presidents and one transitional president) since the post was formed in 1960. The current president, Brice Oligui Nguema, took power in a 2023 Gabonese coup d'état, coup on 30 August 2023 from Ali Bongo. He was eventually elected to the presidency in the 2025 Gabonese presidential election, 2025 presidential election. Description of the office Election The president of the republic is elected for a presidential term of seven years, universal suffrage, universal and direct election, direct suffrage, as per the 2024 Constitution of Gabon, Constitution.Constitution of the Gabonese Republic, 2024, Article 42. Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise, https://journal-officiel.ga/21489-002-r-2024-/ The president is eligible for re-election once, with a maximum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
