The Ideal Democratic Party (; , PDI) is 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
Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...
.
History
The party was established as the Islamic Democratic Party () in 1992.
[Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p1204]
In 2003 the party adopted its current name as a result of a constitutional prohibition on religious-based parties.
[ It contested the September parliamentary 2003 elections as part of an alliance led by the ruling ]Rwandan Patriotic Front
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi; , FPR) is the ruling political party in Rwanda.
The RPF was founded in December 1987 by Rwandan Tutsi in exile in Uganda because of the ethnic violence that had occurred during the Rwandan Hutu Revo ...
(RPF),[ winning two seats. PDI leader Mussa Harerimana was subsequently appointed Minister of the Interior.][
The PDI continued its alliance with the RPF for the 2008 parliamentary elections, in which it won a single seat. It remained part of the alliance for the 2013 elections, retaining its one seat.][
]
Election results
Chamber of Deputies elections
See also
* List of Islamic political parties
Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public pol ...
References
External links
Official website
Political parties in Rwanda
Islamic democratic political parties
Islamic organisations based in Rwanda
Political parties established in 1992
1992 establishments in Rwanda
Islamic political parties
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