The Circle of Liberal Reformers (french: Cercle des Libéraux Réformateurs, CLR) is 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 ...

History

The CLR was formed in 1993 as a breakaway from 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 ...

(PDG), and was led by

Jean-Boniface Assélé Jean-Boniface Assélé (born 9 February 1939."Assélé Jean-Boniface", ''Gabon: Les Hommes de Pouvoir'', number 4Africa Intelligence 5 March 2002 .) is a Gabonese politician and the President of the Circle of Liberal Reformers (CLR). He served in t ...

. It supported incumbent President

Omar Bongo El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second President of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Omar Bongo was promoted to key positions as ...

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
African Elections Database It was reduced to one seat in the 2011 elections.

References

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