This article lists
political parties 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 nort ...
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Gabon is a
one party dominant state
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with 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 ...
in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
The parties
Parliamentary parties
Other parties
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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 ...
(''Mouvement Africain de Développement'')
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Common Movement for Development
The Common Movement for Development (, MCD) was a political party in Gabon, led by Paul Biyoghé Mba.
History
The party was established by Biyoghé Mba in 1994 after he left the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party
The Gabonese Democratic Party ...
(''Mouvement Commun pour le Développement'')
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African Forum for Reconstruction
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 (PSG), the ...
(''Forum Africain pour la Réconstruction'')
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Democratic and Republican Alliance
The Democratic and Republican Alliance (, ADERE) is a political party in Gabon.
History
The party won a single seat in the 1996 parliamentary elections. It gained two more seats in the 2001 elections and retained all three seats in the 2006 ...
(''Alliance Démocratique et Républicaine'')
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Gabonese Progress Party
The Gabonese Progress Party (french: Parti gabonais du progrès, PGP) is a political party in Gabon.
History
The PGP was established as a left-leaning party in March 1990, at the beginning of the wave of democratization that swept Africa in the ...
(''Parti gabonais du progrès'')
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Gabonese Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste Gabonais'')
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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 ...
(''Union Gabonaise pour la Démocratie et le Développement'')
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Jeunesse Gabonais, the first political party in Gabonese history
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Movement for National Rectification
The Movement for National Rectification (french: Mouvement de Redressement National, MORENA) is a political party in Gabon.
History
MORENA was established in 1981, and was forced to operate illicitly in Gabon as the country was a one-party state ...
(''Mouvement de Redressement National'')
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National Woodcutters Rally-Kombila
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(''Rassemblement National des Bûcherons – KOMBILA'')
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National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon
The National Woodcutters Rally–Rally for Gabon (, RNB–RPG) is a political party in Gabon.
History
The party was established in 1990 as Movement for National Rectification–Woodcutters (''Mouvement de redressement national–Bûcherons'', MO ...
(''Rassemblement national des bûcherons – Rassemblement pour le Gabon'')
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Rally of Democrats (''Rassemblement des Démocrates'')
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Union of the Gabonese People
The Union of the Gabonese People (french: Union du Peuple Gabonais, UPG) is an opposition political party in Gabon. It was led by Pierre Mamboundou until his death in 2011.
History
Mamboundou announced the UPG's establishment in Paris on 14 Jul ...
(''Union du Peuple Gabonais'')
See also
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List of political parties by country
This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organizat ...
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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 nort ...
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 nort ...
Political parties
Parties
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