The People's Unity Party (, PUP) was a political party in
Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
.
History
The party was established by
Louis-Gaston Mayila in 1991,
[''Africa South of the Sahara 2003'', Psychology Press, p422] and supported President
Omar Bongo
Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until Death and state funeral of Omar Bongo, his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese De ...
of the
Gabonese Democratic Party
The Gabonese Democratic Party (, PDG) is a political party in Gabon. It was the dominant political party in Gabonese politics from 1961 until 2023, when it was deposed in a coup d'état against President Ali Bongo. It was also the sole legal ...
in the
1993 presidential elections.
[Elections in Gabon]
African Elections Database It won one seat in the
2001 parliamentary elections.
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References
{{Gabonese political parties
Defunct political parties in Gabon
Political parties established in 1991
1991 establishments in Gabon