African Development Movement

{{Short description|Political party in Gabon}}

{{Politics of Gabon}}

The African Development Movement ({{langx|fr|Mouvement Africain de Développement}}, MAD) was a political party in Gabon led by Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome.

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.[http://africanelections.tripod.com/ga.html Elections in Gabon] African Elections Database 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.[http://www.gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=5353 "Gabon : Le MAD en rangs serrés pour les élections locales"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711062654/http://www.gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=5353 |date=2011-07-11 }}, Gaboneco, 11 February 2008 {{in lang|fr}}. In 2010, it was one of several parties that had merged into the National Union.[http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/gabonese-opposition-forms-new-party-1.473158 Gabonese opposition forms new party] IOL, 10 February 2010