The Independent Centre Party of Gabon (french: Parti gabonais du centre indépendant, PGCI) is a political party in
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
Established in 1990, the party nominated Jean-Pierre Lemboumba-Lepandou as its candidate for the
1993 presidential elections. He finished ninth in a field of thirteen candidates with 1.4% of the vote. In the
1997 local elections the PGCI won 14 seats. In 2002 it joined the Presidential Majority, 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 ...
. It won one seat in the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
in the 2003 elections, and went on to win two seats in the 2009 elections.
The party nominated five candidates for the
2011 National Assembly elections, winning one seat. It was reduced to a single seat in the Senate in 2014 elections.
Last elections
IPU
References
{{Gabonese political parties
Political parties in Gabon
1990 establishments in Gabon
Political parties established in 1990