Independent_Centre_Party_of_Gabon

Independent Centre Party of Gabon

Independent Centre Party of Gabon

Political party in Gabon

The Independent Centre Party of Gabon (French: Parti gabonais du centre indépendant, PGCI) is a political party in Gabon.

History

Established in 1990,[1] the party nominated Jean-Pierre Lemboumba-Lepandou as its candidate for the 1993 presidential elections. He finished ninth in a field of thirteen candidates with 1.4% of the vote. In the 1997 local elections the PGCI won 14 seats.[2] In 2002 it joined the Presidential Majority, supporting the Gabonese Democratic Party.[3] It won one seat in the Senate in the 2003 elections, and went on to win two seats in the 2009 elections.[4]

The party nominated five candidates for the 2011 National Assembly elections,[5] winning one seat.[6] It was reduced to a single seat in the Senate in 2014 elections.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    PGCI: Changement de combat BDP Gabon
  2. [2]
    Annuaire Statistique du Gabon Direction des Statistiques Generales
  3. [3]
    Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
  4. [4]
    Elections in 2009 IPU
  5. [5]
    List of candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Gabon Elections
  6. [6]
    Bongo sweeps Gabon election, opposition reject vote Reuters, 22 December 2011
  7. [7]
    Last elections IPU
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