People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy

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Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie




Leader	Vital Kamerhe

Founded
Headquarters	Kinshasa
Type	Party

Political Ideology	Social democracy, Social liberalism
International Affiliation
Colours	Yellow, Blue

The 2006 Presidential Election Candidate	Joseph Kabila

Website	PPRD.com

See also	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese Politics Congolese Parliament Congolese Government Congolese President Political parties Elections

The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie (PPRD)) is a political party of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the political structure established by the current president of the country, Joseph Kabila.

In the 2006 general election the PPRD won 111 out of 500 seats in the parliament and became the largest party in parliament. On November 27, 2006, the presidential candidate supported by the PPRD, Joseph Kabila, was declared the winner of the 2006 Presidential elections, by the Supreme Court of Justice. In the 19 January 2007 Senate elections, the party won 22 out of 108 seats.

[edit] External links

Official Web site

v • d • e Political parties in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Major parliamentary parties	Alliance of the Presidential Majority (People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy - Movement for the Liberation of Congo - Unified Lumumbist Party - Social Movement for Renewal - Forces for Renewal - Congolese Rally for Democracy - Coalition of Congolese Democrats - Convention of Christian Democrats - Union of Mobutuist Democrats - Camp of the Fatherland - Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy - Christian Democrat Party- Union of Federalist Nationalists of Congo) Union for the Nation (Movement for the Liberation of Congo, Union for Congo's Reconstruction, Rally of Congolese Democrats and Nationalists, Convention for the Republic and Democracy)

Major boycotting party	Union for Democracy and Social Progress

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