The Liberal Democratic Party (, PLD) is a political party in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...

History

The PLD was established in 1991. In the 1993 general elections it won seven seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

, becoming the joint third-largest faction. Following the elections it became part of a coalition government headed by Jean-Luc Mandaba of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (MLPC). In the next

parliamentary elections A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...

in 1998 the PLD was part of the Presidential Movement, but was reduced to two seats. The party again allied itself with the MLPC, which was able to form a government after the defection of an opposition MP. The PLD was given four ministerial posts in the government led by

Anicet-Georges Dologuélé Anicet-Georges Dologuélé (born 17 April 1957) is a Central African politician who was Heads of government of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire), Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 4 January 1999 to 1 April ...

.Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p249 It was also part of the government formed by

Martin Ziguélé Martin Ziguélé (born 12 February 1957) is a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2001 to 2003. He placed second in the 2005 presidential election and is currently the President of the Movement ...

in April 2001. The party was part of the

National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" The National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" (), popularly known as simply Kwa Na Kwa or KNK ( in Sango), is a political party in the Central African Republic, built around support of François Bozizé. The party was originally an alliance of several ...

alliance for the 2005 elections. The alliance won four seats, of which the PLD took three. In 2010 the PLD joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections. The party nominated 15 candidates for the National Assembly elections,CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election
EISA and although the alliance won 11 seats, the PLD failed to win a seat.

References

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