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	Gabonese Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gabonese Democratic Party (French: Parti Démocratique Gabonais) is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon.
		In the Gabonese National Assembly it holds 86 of 120 seats, and in the Gabonese Senate it holds 54 of 91 seats.
		The PDG was the sole legal party from its inception on 12 March 1968 until 1991.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gabonese_Democratic_Party (177 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Gabon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The PDG, comprised of the ethnic Bakete from the south of the country, continues to dominate the government despite the fact that opposition parties were made legal in 1990.
		Two other opposition parties have achieved some representation in the legislature but are largely weak due to ideological splits: the RNB, made up of the Fang ethnicity group from the North and the RPG, made up of Myene from the coastal region.
		There is some correlation between ethnic and political cleavages, but the government generally fosters ethnic balance in the public sector, throughout which persons from all major ethnic groups continued to occupy prominent positions (although the Bateke dominate the security forces).
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Gab1.htm (604 words)

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		Although opposition parties have been legal since 1990, a single party, the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), has remained in power since 1968 and has circumscribed political choice.
		Members of the PDG and allied parties held large majorities of seats in both chambers of the national legislature comprised of the directly elected National Assembly and the Senate, members of which were chosen by municipal and regional government officials.
		Gabonese forces are oriented to the defense of the country and have not been trained for an offensive role.
	www.lycoszone.com /info/gabon.html (576 words)

	Gabon
		The Gabonese Republic or Gabon, is a nation of west central Africa.
		Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new democratic constitution in the early 1990s that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and for reforms of governmental institutions.
		As with previous Gabonese elections in which the opposition parties have contested, there were several accusations of electoral fraud, bribery, and calls for a boycott.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/gabon.html (1049 words)

	USAfricaonline.com \| Democracy Watch \| Gabon
		According to incomplete and provisional results, the ruling party won 84 of the 120 parliamentary seats at Sunday's run-off polls, two weeks after a first round was marred by violence.
		The opposition parties, who entered the election split between those supporting the vote and those calling for a boycott, won just 12 seats in total.
		Democratic Republic of Congo's leader Joseph Kabila, a shy 31-year-old soldier, became one of the very first world leaders to meet with U.S. president George W. Bush, and Secretary of State Colin Powell, on Thursday January 31, 2001.
	www.usafricaonline.com /gabon.122001.html (981 words)

	Elections in Gabon
		Léon M'ba of the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (BDG) elected president unopposed.
		A joint list of candidates presented by the Gabonese Democratic Bloc (BDC) and the Gabonese Democratic and Social Union (UDSG) was approved by the electorate.
		Zacharie Myboto ran as independent owing to the fact that his political party, the Gabonese** Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD) [formed in early 2005] was not legalized prior to the election.
	africanelections.tripod.com /ga.html (359 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 - Gabon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Members of the PDG and allied parties hold large majorities of seats in both chambers of the national legislature: The directly elected National Assembly, for which the most recent elections, held in December 1996, were poorly run and fraudulent; and the Senate, members of which are chosen by municipal and regional government officials.
		Average annual per capita GDP was approximately $4,500, although income distribution remained badly skewed in favor of urban dwellers and a small economic elite, while the rural population continued to receive relatively few social services.
		For example, the publication license of Le Bucheron, a Libreville-based weekly affiliated with the National Rally of Lumberjacks (RNB) the country's largest opposition party, was suspended by the Ministry of Communications in 1993, by the Ministry of Interior in 1995, and twice by the CNC during 1997.
	www.usemb.se /human/human1999/gabon.html (5405 words)

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	A short history of Gabon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the elections in 1964 this party gains most seats and the opposition joins the party.
		The parliamentary elections of 2001-02 are boycotted by a number of smaller opposition and leads to a parliament dominated by the PDG and allied independents.
		The main opposition parties are the conservative Rassemblement National des Bûcherons (National Woodcutters' Rally, RNB) of father Paul M'Ba Abessole and the social-democratic Parti Gabonais du Progrès (Gabonese Progress Party, PGP) of Pierre Louis Agondjo Okawe.
	www.electionworld.org /history/gabon.htm (396 words)

	Gabon: Institutional Situation
		At the beginning of March, President Bongo announced the transformation of the PDG into the Gabonese Social Democratic Party within which the expression of all the demands was to be possible during a transition period set at 5 years.
		By the time all this was finished, the PDG had won 66 seats, the “Lumberjacks” 17, the Gabonese Party for Progress 19, the Association for Socialism in Gabon 6, the Gabonese Socialist Union 4 and various other formations the remaining seats.
		Law N° 3/91 of 26 March 1991 on the Constitution of the Gabonese Republic was passed unanimously by the members of the assembly.
	www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr /_anglais/institutionnel/gabon.html (2474 words)

	Gabon
		In May 2002, legislative by-elections were held and resulted in 107 National Assembly seats for the PDG and allied parties and 13 for the opposition.
		In May 2002, legislative by-elections were held to fill seats nullified in the 2001 legislative elections, which resulted in the PDG and allied parties holding 107 and the opposition holding 13 seats in the National Assembly.
		The PDG party won 85 percent of all seats; however, the level of voter abstention was extreme, reaching 100 percent in some precincts.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27728.htm (5297 words)

	Gabon Human Rights
		A single party, the PDG, has remained in power since its creation by President Bongo in 1968, and political choice has remained limited in practice despite the legalization of opposition parties in 1990.
		In May legislative by-elections were held to fill the affected seats, which resulted in the PDG and allied parties holding 107 and the opposition holding 13 seats in the National Assembly.
		Though the ruling PDG party won some 85 percent of all seats, the level of voter abstention was extreme, reaching 100 percent in some precincts.
	www.nationbynation.com /Gabon/Human.html (6213 words)

	GABON: parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 2001
		According to the official results, the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), which had only just missed an absolute majority in the first round of 9 December with 53 candidates elected, picked up 31 more seats in the second round.
		Father Paul Mba Abessole, leader of the National Rally of Woodcutters (RNG/RPG), and mayor of the capital city, Libreville, was elected for his first term as a member of Parliament.
		The Gabonese Progress Party (PGP) won three seats as against eight in 1996.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2115_01.htm (357 words)

	afrol News: Gabonese ruling party wins first poll round
		Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, President of the Gabonese Constitutional Court, said the final results from the first round would be presented on Monday.
		According to international observers, the elections had been marked by "insufficiencies in organisation" and were not carried out in accordance with the legal basis for the organisation of elections.
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	www.afrol.com /News2001/gab005_pdg_wins.htm (655 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000 - Gabon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Approximately 10 privately owned weekly or monthly publications in newspaper format, which represent independent views and those of various political parties, appeared during the year; however, most appeared irregularly due to financial constraints and, in some instances, to government suspensions of their publication licenses.
		Until 1990 there was only one recognized labor organization, the Gabonese Labor Confederation (COSYGA), to which all unionized workers contributed a mandatory percentage of their salaries.
		These ministries rigorously enforce this law with respect to Gabonese children, and there are few citizens under the age of 18 working in the modern wage sector.
	www.usemb.se /human/2000/africa/gabon.html (6317 words)

	Gabon Investment Debt Income Economy natural Gas Internet Hosts Oil Details
		circle of liberal reformers or clr [general jean boniface assele]; congress for democracy and justice or cdj [jules aristide bourdes ogouliguende]; democratic and republican alliance or adere [divungui-di-ndinge didjob]; gabonese democratic party or pdg.
		former sole party [simplice nguedet manzela]; gabonese party for progress or pgp [pierre-louis agondjo-okawe]; national rally of woodcutters-rally for gabon or rnb-rpg (bucherons) [fr.
		paul m'ba-abessole]; people's unity party or pup [louis gaston mayila]; rally for democracy and progress or rdp [pierre emboni]; social democratic party or psd [pierre claver maganga-moussavou]; union for democracy and social integration or udis [leader na]; union of gabonese people or upg [pierre mamboundou]
	www.ip2stats.com /Gabon_fact2.html (790 words)

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		Turnout was normal for the country as a whole but lower than usual in the big cities, where the abstention rate hit a record 80 per cent.
		According to the results announced, the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), which had just missed an absolute majority in the first round of 9 December with 53 candidates elected, picked up 31 more seats in the second round.
		Father Paul Mba Abessole, leader of the National Rally of Woodcutters (RNG/RPG), was elected for his first term as mayor of the capital city, Libreville.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2115_E.htm (351 words)

	Gabon
		Real GDP growth rates, which are largely driven by dollar-denominated oil export revenues, have remained relatively constant despite the recent inflationary pressures.
		Real GDP is projected to rise by an estimated 2.8 percent in 1997, up from 2.6 percent in 1996.
		The Gabonese government is hoping to increase economic growth by diversifying from its dependency on oil exports, restructuring and reducing its civil service, and privatizing several parastatal industries.
	www.converger.com /eiacab/gabon.htm (1619 words)

	December 2001
		Taiwan: In parliamentary elections, President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party wins 36.6% of the vote (87 of 225 seats), the Nationalist Party 31.3% (68), the People First Party 20.3% (46), the Taiwan Solidarity Union 8.5% (13), and the New Party 2.9% (1).
		Gabon: In the first round of parliamentary elections, President Omar Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party wins 53 of 120 seats, the National Woodcutters' Rally 2, the Gabonese Party of Progress 1, the Social Democratic Party 1, and the People's Unity Party 1.
		In the second round, held on December 23, the Gabonese Democratic Party wins 32 seats, the National Woodcutters' Rally 4, the Gabonese Party of Progress 2, and the Social Democratic Party 1.
	rulers.org /2001-12.html (1450 words)

	afrol News - Gabonese opposition gets Port-Gentil mayor
		In Libreville, the capital, a ruling party member was to become the next mayor.
		Several of the country's main opposition parties were calling for yet another boycott of the polls, recalling their experiences of election fraud at earlier occasions.
		Despite allegations of electoral fraud, it was officially announced on Sunday that the ruling party had won the elections in Libreville, the capital.
	www.afrol.com /News2003/gab001_portgentil_mayor.htm (456 words)

	Africast Global Africa Network- News
		According to the CNE official, 560,000 voters registered for to poll which kicks off 25 November with soldiers, gendarmes and policemen casting their ballots.
		Candidate Bongo Ondimba of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) Friday published his manifesto dubbed "My project, acts for Gabon", outlining his pledges and plans to ensure economic growth, combat poverty and promote peace.
		Meanwhile, President Bongo warned in a statement on the beginning of campaigning that the government would not tolerate unlawful acts that could mar the process.
	news.africast.com /africastv/article.php?newsID=56986 (132 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Gabon
		With his Gabonese Democratic Party and allied parties controlling 107 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly and a majority of seats in the Senate, Ondimba was also expected to win re-election in December 2005.
		Oil accounted for nearly 47 percent of GDP and over 80 percent of exports in 2004, in addition to being the primary source of government revenues, but production has declined in recent years, and the economy must diversify if growth is to continue.
		In 2003, according to the African Development Bank, government expenditures as a share of GDP decreased 5.8 percentage points to 22.4 percent, compared to a 2.6 percentage point decrease in 2002.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Gabon (817 words)

	Gabon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country in west central Africa.
		Since its independence from France on August 17, 1960, the Republic has been ruled by only two autocratic Presidents; the incumbent El Hadj Omar Bongo has been in power since 1967 and is currently (2006) Africa's longest-serving Head of State.
		Gabonese music is little-known in comparison with regional giants like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gabon (1261 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders
		Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally or PDCI-RDA [Aime Henri Konan BEDIE]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Laurent GBAGBO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francis WODIE]; Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]; Union for Democracy and Peace or UDPCI [Gen. Robert GUEI]; over 20 smaller parties
		Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Christian CELESTE]; FGPS [Dominique LARIFLA]; Progressive Democratic Party or PPDG [Henri BANGOU]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Aldo BLAISE]; Socialist Party or PS [Georges LOUISOR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Marcel ESDRAS]
		Democratic Party or PD [Traian BASESCU]; Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Bela MARKO]; National Liberal Party or PNL [Valeriu STOICA]; Romania Mare Party (Greater Romanian Party) or PRM [Corneliu Vadim TUDOR]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Adrian NASTASE], formerly known as the Party of Social Democracy in Romania or PDSR
	www.faqs.org /docs/factbook/fields/2118.html (3394 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Gabon
		Despite the abundance of natural wealth, the economy is hobbled by poor fiscal management.
		In 1992, the fiscal deficit widened to 2.4% of GDP, and Gabon failed to settle arrears on its bilateral debt, leading to a cancellation of rescheduling agreements with official and private creditors.
		Devaluation of its Francophone currency by 50% on 12 January 1994 sparked a one-time inflationary surge, to 35%; the rate dropped to 6% in 1996.
	www.faqs.org /docs/factbook/print/gb.html (1238 words)

	Gabon
		Real growth was feeble in 1992 and Gabon continues to face the problem of fluctuating prices for its oil, timber, manganese, and uranium exports.
		Despite an abundance of natural wealth, and a manageable rate of population growth, the economy is hobbled by poor fiscal management.
		Devaluation of its Francophone currency by 50% in January 1994 did not set off an expected inflationary spiral but the government must continue to keep a tight reign on spending and wage increases.
	www.ems.psu.edu /~williams/states/gb.htm (1008 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Country profiles \| Timeline: Gabon
		1990 - Opposition parties legalised, accuse the government of fraud in parliamentary elections held in September and October.
		2002 January - Ruling Gabonese Democratic Party retains a convincing majority in parliamentary elections.
		2004 February - French oil firm Total signs deal to export Gabonese oil to China.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/africa/1023232.stm (258 words)

	Gabon
		Corisco Bay; only a few hundred out of the 20,000 Republic of the Congo refugees who fled
		Party abbreviations: PDG = Parti Démocratique Gabonais (Gabonese Democratic Party, authoritarian, est.Mar 1968, former BDG, only legal party 1968-1990); PGP = Parti Gabonais du Progrès (Gabonese Party of Progress, progressive); Mil = Military;
		- Former parties: BDG = Bloc Démocratique Gabonais (Gabonese Democratic Bloc, from Mar 1968 PDG)
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Gabon.html (1276 words)

	Gabon Government 2002 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Government type republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990)
		National holiday Founding of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), 12 March (1968)
		Legal system based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	www.greekorthodoxchurch.org /wfb2002/gabon/gabon_government.html (412 words)

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