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Mamboundou was the UPG candidate in the 1998 presidential elections, finishing second behind incumbent Omar Bongo with 16.5% of the vote. However, the party failed to win a seat in the 2001 parliamentary elections. [2] Mamboundou was the UPG candidate for the 2005 presidential elections, again finishing second to Bongo, this time with 14% of ...
Mamboundou declared that "Gabon needs another new way to govern". [35] During the electoral campaign, Mamboundou said on 20 August 2009 that Gabon did not need a Senate and that he would seek the abolition of the Senate through referendum if he were elected. [36] Still leading the UPG, Mamboundou died suddenly on 15 October 2011. [37] [38]
Before the 2023 Coup d’etat, This article lists political parties in Gabon. Gabon is a one party dominant state with the Gabonese Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 6 December 1998. Incumbent President Omar Bongo, in power since 1967, sought a seven-year term against five other candidates.It was Gabon's second multi-party presidential election and, despite low turnout and polling problems, Bongo won the election with 66.88% of the vote.
By accepting the post, Mouloungui violated party discipline and was promptly expelled from the UPG [1] [2] on 19 October. Mouloungui, who returned to Gabon from Paris to take up his post, said that he "joined the government as a businessman and not as a member of a political party" and continued to express respect for Mamboundou. [1]
Agoa trade deal greatly benefits some African countries that get duty free access to more than 1,800 products
For any additional information, please contact the call centres on the following numbers: 222 (Libertis and Moov), 111 (AIRTEL) and 8484 (ARCEP). List of allocations in Gabon [ edit ]
Gabon (/ ɡ ə ˈ b ɒ n / gə-BON; French pronunciation: ⓘ), officially the Gabonese Republic (French: République gabonaise), 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 the Gulf of Guinea to the west.