The Social Democratic Party (, PSD) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country'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 (; ; 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 north ...

. It is part of the Presidential Majority coalition and is led by

Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou (born 8 April 1952) is a Gabonese politician who served as Vice President of Gabon from 2017 to 2019. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party. Life and career Born to a Punu familyFranck Salin"Pierre C ...

History

The PSD was established in 1991. Maganga Moussavou was nominated as its candidate for the 1993 presidential election, finishing fourth in a field of thirteen candidates with 3.6% of the vote. He ran again in the 1998 presidential election, this time finishing fifth out of the eight candidates with 1% of the vote. The party won a single seat in 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 repre ...

in the 2001 parliamentary election, and subsequently joined 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 ...

(PDG)-led government.Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press It did not put forward a candidate for the 2005 presidential election, but won two seat in the 2006 parliamentary election, in which it was part of the pro-PDG bloc.Elections in Gabon
African Elections Database Maganga Moussavou was nominated as the PSD candidate for the 2009 presidential election, finishing sixth in a field of eighteen candidates with 0.8% of the vote. The party was reduced to one seat in the 2011 parliamentary election.

References

Political parties in Gabon Social democratic parties Political parties established in 1991 1991 establishments in Gabon {{Gabon-stub