Politics of Gabon Political parties in Gabon Elections in Gabon File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article describes the Politics of Gabon Under the 1961 constitution (revised in 1975 and rewritten in 1991), Gabon became a republic with a presidential form of government. ... Political parties in Gabon lists political parties in Gabon. ... Politics of Gabon Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Gabon ...
The Gabonese Progress Party (French: Parti gabonais du progrès) is a political party in Gabon. At the last legislativeelections, 9 December 2001, the party won 3 out of 120 seats. The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Gabon Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Gabon ...
There were then two main politicalparties, the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (BDG), led by Léon M'ba, and the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union (UDSG), led by Jean-Hilaire Aubame.
Although the two parties were evenly matched in popular support, on independence M'ba became president, and Aubame foreign minister.
In January 1998 a new politicalparty, the Rassemblement des Gaullois (RDG), committed to Gabon being an integral part of France, was recognized.
Although the main opposition parties claimed the elections had been manipulated, there was none of the civil disturbance that followed the 1993 election.
Foreign and Gabonese observers have consistently lamented the lack of transformation of primary materials in the Gabonese economy.
Gabonese forces are oriented to the defense of the country and have not been trained for an offensive role.