National Union (Gabon)

The National Union (French: Union Nationale, UN) is a political party in Gabon.

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History

The UN was established in February 2010 by a merger of the African Development Movement (MAD), the Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD) and the National Republican Rally (RNR).[1] In the 2006 parliamentary elections the UGDD had won four seats and the MAD one. The new party gained support from several prominent former members of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party, including former Prime Ministers Casimir Oye Mba and Jean Eyeghe Ndong.[1] Later in February its leader André Mba Obame was elected to the National Assembly in a by-election.[2]

In 2011 the party was banned after Obame declared himself president after refusing to recognise the results of the 2009 presidential elections. As a result, it was prevented from competing in the 2011 parliamentary elections. In February 2015 the ban on the party was lifted.[3]

References

Gabonese opposition forms new party IOL, 10 February 2010
Last elections IPU
Gabon ends ban on outlawed opposition party Yahoo! News, 4 February 2015

Political parties in Gabon
National Assembly	Gabonese Democratic Party (113) National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon (3) Circle of Liberal Reformers (1) Independent Centre Party (1) Social Democratic Party (1) Union for the New Republic (1)
Senate	Gabonese Democratic Party (81) Circle of Liberal Reformers (7) Social Democratic Party (2) Democratic and Republican Alliance (1) Independent Centre Party (1) Union of the Gabonese People (1)
Extraparliamentary	African Forum for Reconstruction Congress for Democracy and Justice Gabon of the Future Gabonese Progress Party Gabonese Socialist Party Gabonese Socialist Union MORENA–Original MORENA–Unionist National Union National Woodcutters' Rally – Democratic Rally for Democracy and Progress Rally of Democrats Rally of Republican Democrats
Defunct	African Development Movement Association for Socialism in Gabon Circle for Renewal and Progress Common Movement for Development François Meye List Gabonese Democratic and Social Union Gabonese Democratic Party (1945) Gabonese Mixed Committee Gabonese National Unity Party Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development Jeunesse Gabonais People's Unity Party Union, Work, Progress
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