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Gabon Of The Future
The Gabon of the Future (french: Gabon Avenir) is a political party in Gabon led by Sylvestre Oyouomi. History Established by Oyouomi in 1999, the party won one seat in the Senate in the 2003 elections, but lost it in the 2009 elections. In 2010 the party joined the Republican Majority for Emergence, a bloc supporting the Gabonese Democratic Party 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 Dem .... All Africa, 20 April 2010 References {{Gabonese ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvestre Oyouomi
Sylvestre Oyouomi (born 4 August 1942''Les Élites africaines'' (1985), page 380 .) is a ese politician. He was a minister in the government from 1981 to 1990 and was Gabon's Ambassador to from 1991 to 1993. Since 1999, he has led (''Gabon Avenir''), a political party. Oyouomi was born in Omoi, near |
Senate Of Gabon
The Senate (''Sénat'') is the upper house of the Parliament of Gabon. It has 102 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies by local and départemental councillors. Beginning with the 2009 election, some constituencies elect two senators. The 1991 Constitution provided for the establishment of the Senate; previously the legislature had consisted of a unicameral National Assembly. The Senate was not created until 1997, when an election was held to fill the seats in the upper house. The first Senate president was Georges Rawiri (1932-2006), a long-time national political figure and close ally of Omar Bongo. He served in this position until his death in 2006. He was replaced by René Radembino Coniquet, also a member of the Myéné ethnic group. A Senate election was held on 18 January 2009. The ruling Gabonese Democratic Party won a large majority of seats. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabonese Democratic Party
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Gabon
This article lists political parties in 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 National Rectification (''Mouvement de Redressement National'') *National Woodcutters Rally-Kom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Establishments In Gabon
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