Gabonese Socialist Party

The Gabonese Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste Gabonais, PSG) is a small political party in Gabon.

Gabonese Socialist Party
Founded	1991
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	African Forum for Reconstruction
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History

The party was established in 1991,[1] and merged into the African Forum for Reconstruction the following year.[2]

In 2006 the party's Augustin Moussavou King contested the presidential elections; he finished fourth out of five candidates with 0.33% of the vote. It supported Pierre Mamboundou of the Union of the Gabonese People in the 2009 elections;[3] Mamboundou finished third with 25% of the vote.

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References

Africa South of the Sahara 2004, Europa Publications, p448
Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p503

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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