The Common Movement for Development (, MCD) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

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 ...

, led by

Paul Biyoghé Mba Paul Biyoghé Mba (born 18 April 1953)"Gabon : Paul Biyoghe Mba nouveau Pre ...

History

The party was established by Biyoghé Mba in 1994 after he left the ruling

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 ...

(PDG).Paul Biyoghé Mba, Premier ministre aux réels pouvoirs
Jeune Afrique, 21 October 2010 In 1997 the party won a seat in the

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,Annuaire Statistique du Gabon
Direction des Statistiques Generales taken by Biyoghé Mba; and in 1999 he was appointed to the cabinet. In November 2002 the party merged into the PDG.

References

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