People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy

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

People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie
Leader	Henri Mova Sakanyi[1]
Founder	Joseph Kabila
Founded	31 March 2002 (2002-03-31)
Headquarters	Gombe, Kinshasa
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing[2]
National affiliation	Alliance of the Presidential Majority (2006–2018) Common Front for Congo (2018–)
Colours	Yellow, blue
Seats in the National Assembly	52 / 500
Seats in the Senate	22 / 108
Website
pprd.cd/fr/index.html
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In the 2006 general election the PPRD won 111 out of 500 seats in the lower house of parliament and became the largest party in parliament. The 2006 general election was the first free election since the 1960s.[3] 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.

In the 2011 general election, the PPRD lost nearly half of its seats in the lower house of parliament, dropping to 63 out of 500 seats. Nevertheless, the PPRD retained its position as the largest party in parliament.

The party is the leading component of the Alliance of the Presidential Majority, which is the majority bloc in the National Assembly.