The Democrats (french: Les Democrats,

abbreviated An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...

LD) 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 nort ...

. The party was established in Libreville in March 2017 by members of the collapsed Alliance for the New Gabon (ANG). It is chaired by the former Speaker of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

Guy Nzouba Ndama. The party won 11 seats in the 2018 parliamentary elections, which made it the biggest opposition party. The party is a member of Gabon's Coalition for the New Republic (CNR).

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