African Development Movement

The African Development Movement (French: Mouvement Africain de Développement, MAD) was a political party in Gabon led by Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome.

Politics of Gabon
Constitution
Government
Parliament
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations

MAD contested the 2001 parliamentary elections to win Zeng Ebome a seat in the National Assembly. He retained it in the 2006 elections, wherein MAD was part of a bloc supporting the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party.[1] He lost it in the 2011 elections.

MAD held its Fourth Congress on 10 February 2008, reaffirming its participation in the Presidential Majority and reelecting Zeng Ebome as its president.[2] In 2010 it was one of several parties merged into the National Union.[3]

References
  1. Elections in Gabon African Elections Database
  2. "Gabon : Le MAD en rangs serrés pour les élections locales" Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Gaboneco, 11 February 2008 (in French).
  3. Gabonese opposition forms new party IOL, 10 February 2010


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