The African Forum for Reconstruction (french: Forum Africain pour la Réconstruction, 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 The Gabonese Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste Gabonais, 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 ...

(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 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 ...

, 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 presidenti ...

, with Mbou Yembi winning a seat. The FAR did not contest the 2005 presidential elections, although the PSG's Augustin Moussavou King ran, finishing fourth out of the five candidates with 0.3% of the vote. The party only nominated a single candidate for the

2011 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2011. * Local electoral calendar 2011 * National electoral calendar 2011 * 2011 United Nations Security Council election Africa * 2011 Beninese presidential election * 2011 Beninese parliamentary el ...

,List of candidates
Gabon Elections in which it lost its seat.

References

1992 establishments in Gabon Political parties established in 1992 Political parties in Gabon Socialism in Gabon Socialist parties in Africa {{Gabon-stub