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Gabonese Socialist Party

political party in Gabon

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 20, 2024
Entity authorityQ3366758 ↗
Source-derived summary

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

History

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

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; Mamboundou finished third with 25% of the vote.

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The public source identifies “Gabonese Socialist Party” as political party in Gabon. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gabonese, Socialist and Party.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 2006, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gabonese, Socialist and Party providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 20, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3366758. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2006 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gabonese Socialist Party” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.