The National Union (french: Union Nationale, UN) is a political party in

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History

The UN was established in February 2010 by a merger of the

African Development Movement The African Development Movement (french: Mouvement Africain de Développement, MAD) was a political party in Gabon led by Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome. History The MAD contested the 2001 parliamentary elections, winning one of the 120 seats in the ...

(MAD), the

Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development The Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (french: Union gabonaise pour la démocratie et le développement, UGDD) was a political party in Gabon. History The party was formed in 2005 by Zacharie Myboto, a former member of the ruling Ga ...

(UGDD) and the National Republican Rally (RNR).Gabonese opposition forms new party
IOL, 10 February 2010 In the 2006 parliamentary elections the UGDD had won four seats and the MAD one. The new party gained support from several prominent former members of 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 ...

, including former Prime Ministers

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and

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. Later in February its leader

André Mba Obame André Mba Obame (15 June 1957"Mba Obame André", ''Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 4Africa Intelligence 5 March 2002 . – 12 April 2015) was a Gabonese politician. After serving as an adviser to President Omar Bongo in the 1980s, he w ...

was elected to the

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in a by-election. In 2011 the party was banned after Obame declared himself president after refusing to recognise the results of the 2009 presidential elections. As a result, it was prevented from competing in the 2011 parliamentary elections. In February 2015 the ban on the party was lifted. In November 2021 Paulette Missambo, a former Minister of National Education and Health under former President Omar Bongo Ondimba, was elected party president at a meeting of 654 party delegates, succeeding

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.Gabon: Paulette Missambo élue présidente du parti d'opposition Union nationale
RFI, 14 November 2021

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