The African Development Movement (french: Mouvement Africain de Développement, MAD) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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 ...

led by Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome.

History

The MAD contested the 2001 parliamentary elections, winning one of the 120 seats in the

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, taken by Zeng Ebome. He retained the seat in the 2006 elections, in which the party was part of the bloc supporting the ruling

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 ...

. The party held its Fourth Congress on 10 February 2008, reaffirming its participation in the Presidential Majority and re-electing Zeng Ebome as its President. It lost its seat in the

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. In 2010 it was one of several parties that merged to form the National Union.Gabonese opposition forms new party
IOL, 10 February 2010

References

Defunct political parties in Gabon Political parties disestablished in 2010 2010 disestablishments in Gabon {{Gabon-stub