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2008 Gabonese Local Elections
Local elections were held in Gabon on April 27–30, 2008,"Gabon: Le gouvernement gabonais fixe au 20 mai prochain l'élection des maires des communes"
Gabonews.ga, May 9, 2008 .
with 1,990 municipal and departmental councillors being elected."Gabon: sans surprise, large victoire du parti d'Omar Bongo aux élections municipales"
, AFP, May 4, 2008 .


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Prior to the election, a victory for the ruling

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Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly and its population is estimated at million people. There are coastal plains, mountains (the Cristal Mountains and the Chaillu Massif in the centre), and a savanna in the east. Since its independence from France in 1960, the sovereign state of Gabon has had three presidents. In the 1990s, it introduced a multi-party system and a democratic constitution that aimed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed some governmental institutions. With petroleum and foreign private investment, it has the fourth highest HDI in the region (after Mauritius, Seychelles and South Africa) and the fifth highest GDP per capita (PPP) i ...
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Rally For Gabon
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Elections In Gabon
Elections in Gabon take place within the framework of a presidential multi-party democracy with the Gabonese Democratic Party, in power since independence, as the dominant party. The President and National Assembly are directly elected, whilst the Senate is indirectly elected. Electoral history Pre-independence Following World War II, Gabon (in a combined constituency with French Congo, began to elect members to the French National Assembly. The first elections took place in October 1945, with voters split into two colleges; the First College for French citizens and the Second for non-citizens. Gabriel d'Arboussier was elected by the First College, and although Gabonese politician Jean-Hilaire Aubame received the most votes in the Second College, the election went to a second round, where he was beaten by the Congolese Jean-Félix Tchicaya. The next elections were held in June the following year, with d'Arboussier defeated by Henri Seignon in the First College and Tchicaya r ...
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Circle Of Liberal Reformers
The Circle of Liberal Reformers (french: Cercle des Libéraux Réformateurs, 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 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 The following elections occurred in the year 2001. Africa * 2001 Beninese presidential election * 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election * 2001 Chadian presidential election * 2001 Gabonese legislat .... It was part of the PDG-led bloc in the 2006 elections, again retaining both seats.Elections in Gabon
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Rally Of The Gabonese People
Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event Sports * Rallying, a category of motorsport * Rally (tennis), a sequence of shots in tennis * Rally obedience (also rally-O), a dog sport * Rally scoring, a point scoring system common in racket and net sports ** Rally point system, the system of scoring points in volleyball * Rally Cycling, a UCI ProTeam professional road cycling squad Vehicles * SOCATA Rallye, a French-built light aircraft * Rotec Rally, an American ultralight aircraft * Automobiles Rally, a defunct French sports cars manufacturer Other uses * Rally (''How I Met Your Mother''), a 2014 episode of the TV series ''How I Met Your Mother'' * Rally's, another brand of the American fast-food restaurant chain Checkers * Windows Rally, a network simplification technology p ...
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The Gabonese Democratic Party (french: Parti Démocratique Gabonais, abbreviated PDG), is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon. Between 1968 and 1990 it was the sole legal party. History The party was established as the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (''Bloc Démocratique Gabonais'', 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 BGD and UDSG formed an alliance prior to the 1961 general elections, with BDG leader Léon M'ba as the sole presidential candidate, and a joint "National Union ...
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Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo (born 18 April 1955) is a Gabonaise lawyer. She is the president of the Constitutional Court of Gabon (''Cour Constitutionnelle de la Republique Gabonaise'') since its foundation in 1991. Personal life and education Mborantsuo was born in Franceville on 18 June 1955. Her parents were Jean Dambangoye and Berthe Nouo. She won a "Miss Franceville" beauty pageant, and became the lover of the then president Omar Bongo, with whom she had two children. She studied law at the National University of Gabon (later Omar Bongo University), then gained a Masters in Public Finance at University of Paris II and a doctorate in constitutional law in 2005 at the University of Aix-en-Provence. Her doctoral thesis title was ''Cours constitutionnelles africaines et État de droit''. Career From 1983 to 1991 she was president of the ''Cour de Comptes'' of the Supreme Court of Gabon and taught law at Omar Bongo University. After taking part in the national conference of 1990 s ...
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Port-Gentil
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