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Political Parties In The Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) is a one-party dominant state with the Congolese Labour Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. List Parliamentary parties with more than one seat Other parties * Citizen Rally (''Rassemblement Citoyen'', RC) * Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (''Mouvement congolais pour la démocratie et le développement intégral'', MCDDI) * Convention for Democracy and Salvation (''Convention pour la Démocratie et le Salut'', CDS) * Life Party (''Parti la Vie'') * Movement for Democracy and Progress (''Mouvement pour la démocratie et le progrès'', MDP) * Movement for Solidarity and Development (''Mouvement pour la solidarité et le développement'', MSD) * New Democratic Forces (''Forces démocratiques nouvelles'', FDN) * (''Front Patriotique'', FP) * Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress (''Union Patriotique pour la Démocratie et ...
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Republic Of The Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to the northwest by Cameroon, to the northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda Province, Cabinda, and to the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The region was dominated by Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. From the 13th century, the present-day territory was dominated by a confederation led by Vungu which included Kakongo and Ngoyo. Kingdom of Loango, Loango emerged in the 16th century. In the late 19th century France colonised the region and incorporated it into French Equato ...
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Liberalism
Liberalism is a Political philosophy, political and moral philosophy based on the Individual rights, rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, the right to private property, and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various and often mutually conflicting views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, Economic freedom, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion.Generally support: * * * * * * *constitutional government and privacy rights * Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.Wolfe, p. 23. Liberalism became a distinct Political movement, movement in the Age of Enlightenment, gaining popularity among Western world, Western philosophers and economists. L ...
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New Democratic Forces
The New Democratic Forces (French: ''Forces démocratiques nouvelles'') was a political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ... in Congo-Brazzaville from 2007 to 2011. Seven parties,Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo"Bokilo, Opimbat, Tassoua, Loumouamou et les autres se mettent ensemble et créent leur parti, les F.d.n", ''Le Semaine Africaine'', N° 2686, 13 April 2007, page 3 . which were formerly members of the United Democratic Forces (FDU),
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Movement For Solidarity And Development
The Movement for Solidarity and Development (, MSD) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. The MSD is led by Serge Blanchard Oba, who was Administrator-General of the Congo Telecommunications Company (SOTELCO) from 2003 to 2008. History In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won three out of 137 seats. In the July–August 2012 parliamentary election, the MSD failed to win any seats.Roger Ngombé"Nouvelle configuration de l'Assemblée nationale : de nombreux partis politiques en perte de vitesse" ''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 11 August 2012 . After a difficult period in which the MSD lost many members,Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo"Premier congrès extraordinaire du M.s.d : René Serge Blanchard Oba a réaffirmé son ancrage à la majorité présidentielle" ''La Semaine Africaine'', 11 June 2014 . the party held its first extraordinary congress on 7 June 2014.Josiane Mambou-Loukoula"Vie des partis : le MSD se rallie à la cause de ...
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Movement For Democracy And Progress (Republic Of The Congo)
The Movement for Democracy and Progress (French: ''Mouvement pour la démocratie et le progrès'', MDP) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo, led by Jean-Claude Ibovi. In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won one out of 137 seats. It supports the government of President Denis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military officer who has served as president of the Republic of the Congo since 1997. He also previously served as president from 1979 to 1992. Sassou Nguesso he .... Originally an organization called the National Convention for the Defense and Promotion of Denis Sassou Nguesso's Ideas (CNDPID), it was subsequently transformed into a new political party, the Movement for Democracy and Progress (MDP), which was officially launched on 18 February 2007 under Ibovi's leadership. Ibovi was the only MDP candidate to obtain a seat in the National Assembly in the 2 ...
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Life Party (Republic Of The Congo)
The Life Party () is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. In the parliamentary election held on 24 June and 5 August 2007, the party won 1 out of 137 seats.For detailed results see Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007 Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 24 June 2007, with a second round initially planned for 22 July 2007, but then postponed to 5 August 2007. According to the National Commission of the Organization of the Elections ... an"L'alliance présidentielle occupe 125 des 137 sièges parlementaires" Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), 25 August 2007 . References Political parties in the Republic of the Congo {{RCongo-party-stub ...
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Convention For Democracy And Salvation
The Convention for Democracy and Salvation (, abbrev. CODESA) is an alliance of political parties in the Republic of the Congo; its formation by sixteen opposition parties was announced on 29 March 2002. Led by the former Prime Minister André Milongo André Ntsatouabantou Milongo (20 October 1935
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Congolese Movement For Democracy And Integral Development
The Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (; MCDDI) is a Liberalism, liberal political party in the Republic of the Congo, led by Bernard Kolélas until his death in 2009. His son, Guy Brice Parfait Kolélas, has led the party since then until his death in 2021. The MCDDI is an observer party of Liberal International. History The party was co-founded by Kolélas and renowned novelist and writer Sony Lab'ou Tansi; its statutes were deposited at the Ministry of the Interior on 3 August 1989. Kolélas was the MCDDI's candidate in the Republic of the Congo presidential election, 1992, August 1992 presidential election, in which he placed second behind Pascal Lissouba of the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS). Didier Sengha, an MCDDI deputy in the National Assembly, left the MCDDI in April 1995John F. Clark, "Congo: Transition and the Struggle to Consolidate", in ''Political Reform in Francophone Africa'' (1997), ed. John F. Clark and David E. Gardinier, ...
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Citizen Rally
The Citizen Rally () is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. The party was founded in March 1998 and its President is Claude Alphonse Nsilou, who has served in the government since 2002. In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won one out of 137 seats.For detailed results see Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007 an"L'alliance présidentielle occupe 125 des 137 sièges parlementaires" Xinhua, August 25, 2007 ."La liste complète des députés", ''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 11 August 2007 . Nsilou, who won in the second constituency of Bacongo (part of Brazzaville Brazzaville () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Administratively, it is a Departments of the Republic of the Congo, department and a Communes of the Republic of the Congo, commune. Constituting t ...), was the only member of the RC to win a seat. References Political parties in the Republic of the ...
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Naming Conventions (use English)
Naming is assigning a name to something. Naming may refer to: * Naming (parliamentary procedure), a procedure in certain parliamentary bodies * Naming ceremony A naming ceremony is a stage at which a person or persons is officially assigned a name. The methods of the practice differ over cultures and religions. The timing at which a name is assigned can vary from some days after birth to several months ..., an event at which an infant is named * Product naming, the discipline of deciding what a product will be called See also * Name (other) * Nomenclature {{disambig ...
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Jean-Marc Thystère-Tchicaya
Jean-Marc is a French masculine given name. It may refer to: * Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco (born 1963), Beninese former football player * Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 1950), French politician * Jean-Marc Barr (born 1960), French-American film actor and director * Jean-Marc Berliere, French historian * Jean-Marc Bosman (born 1964), Belgian former footballer * Jean-Marc Bustamante (born 1952), French artist, sculptor and photographer * Jean-Marc Carisse, Canadian photographer * Jean-Marc Chanelet (born 1968), French former football player * Jean-Marc Cerrone (born 1952), French disco drummer and singer-songwriter * Jean-Marc Coicaud, director of the United Nations University Office at the United Nations in New York * Jean-Marc Dalpé (born 1957), Canadian playwright and poet * Jean-Marc Degraeve (born 1971), French chess Grandmaster * Jean Marc Ela (1936–2008), sociologist, diocesan priest, professor and author * Jean-Marc Ferratge (born 1959), French retired footballer * Jean-Marc ...
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Rally For Democracy And Social Progress
The Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (, RDPS) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo, founded by Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya. History Thystère Tchicaya founded the RDPS on 29 October 1990, after splitting from another opposition group, the National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP). The RDPS won nine seats in the June–July 1992 parliamentary election. Initially part of the National Alliance for Democracy (AND), a coalition of left-wing parties that supported Pascal Lissouba, the RDPS soon broke with the AND and joined the Union for Democratic Renewal (URD) opposition coalition, led by Bernard Kolélas. Together with the Union for the Republic (UR) and the Movement for Democracy and Salvation (MDS), the RDPS formed an alliance, the Movement for Unity and Reconstruction (MUR), in November 1996. A few days after rebels loyal to Denis Sassou Nguesso captured Brazzaville, the capital, at the end of the civil war in October 1997, Tchicaya announ ...
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