The Rally of Progressive National Democrats (, RDNP) 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, ...

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History

The RDNP was founded in 1979 by then exiled president

Leslie Manigat Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat (; August 16, 1930 – June 27, 2014) was a Haitian politician who was elected as President of Haiti in a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988. He served as President for only a few months, ...

. It was registered officially as political party on 25 May 1987, but only on 15 July 1987 was it recognized by the electoral authorities. In the Haitian presidential election in 1988,

wins with 50.2% of the popular vote and was elected president. In the parliamentary elections in 1990, RDNP elected only one seat in Senate. In Haitian presidential elections in February 2006, its candidate

won 12.4% of the popular vote. In the 2006 Senate

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...

, the party picked up 10.7% of the popular vote, yet only 1 out of 30 Senators. In the 2006 Chamber of Deputies

, the party won 4 out of 99 seats. In the Haitian presidential elections of 28 November 2010, the RDNP presented as candidate

Mirlande Manigat Mirlande Manigat (born Mirlande Hyppolite in Miragoâne, on November 3, 1940) is a Haitian constitutional law professor and candidate in 2010-11 Haitian general election. She is the widow of former president Leslie Manigat and briefly served as Fir ...

, wife of the RDNP's founder. She won the first round by carrying 31.37%, and in the second ballot with

Michel Martelly Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a Haitian musician and politician who served as the 42nd president of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. On August 20, 2024, the United States sanctioned the former president for traffic ...

, she lost with only 31.74%. However, in the Parliamentary elections, the RDNP lost the seat that it had in the Chamber. In 2013, the party became a member of the Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (''Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique'', MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President

. In 2018, Eric Jean Baptiste was promoted as the new general secretary of the party. Baptiste was later assassinated on the way to his home in the Laboule 12 area of Port-au-Prince on 28 October 2022, when his car was ambushed.Haitian politician shot dead, as violent gangs and political turmoil push country to the 'edge of collapse'
, CNN

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* Political parties in Haiti Christian democratic parties in North America Haitian nationalism 1979 establishments in Haiti Political parties established in 1979 {{Haiti-party-stub