Gabonese Democratic Party
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- This article is about the Gabonese Democratic Party formed in 1968. See also Gabonese Democratic Party (1945).
It has held power since independence, first under Léon M'ba (with the party named the Gabonese Democratic Bloc), then under current leader Omar Bongo. 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. It is seen mainly as a personal vehicle for the president and his Bateke ethnic group rather than an ideological movement. At the last legislative elections, 9 December 2001, the party won 88 out of 120 seats.
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