Social_Democratic_Party_(Gabon)

Social Democratic Party (Gabon)

Social Democratic Party (Gabon)

Political party in Gabon

The Social Democratic Party (French: Parti social-démocrate, PSD) is a political party in Gabon. It is part of the Presidential Majority coalition and is led by Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou.

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History

The PSD was established in 1991.[1] 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 the 2001 parliamentary election, and subsequently joined the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG)-led government.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3] The party was reduced to one seat in the 2011 parliamentary election.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Africa South of the Sahara 2004, Europa Publications, p449
  2. [2]
    Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
  3. [3]
    Elections in Gabon African Elections Database


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