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Centrist Democratic Party

Parti Démocrate Centriste
Centrist Democratic Party Parti Démocrate Centriste
President	Mukabaranga Agnès
Headquarters	Kigali
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
Chamber of Deputies	1 / 80
Website
	http://www.pdc-rwanda.rw/
	Politics of Rwanda; Political parties; Elections;

The Centrist Democratic Party (Kinyarwanda: Ishyaka riharanira Demokarasi ihuza Abanyarwanda; French: Parti Démocrate Centriste, PDC) is a political party in Rwanda. It is supportive of the government of Paul Kagame.

History

The party was established as the Christian Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Chrêtien) in 1991 by Jean-Népomuscène Nayinzira.^[1] It joined the government in December 1991 and was given a single ministerial post.^[2]

In the run-up to the August 2003 presidential elections the party was banned as a result of a constitutional prohibition on religious-based parties. The party was reconstituted as the Centrist Democratic Party in time to contest the September parliamentary 2003 elections, in which it allied itself with the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front, winning three seats.^[2] PDC leader Alfred Mukezamfura was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.

The party continued its alliance with the RPF for the 2008 parliamentary elections, but was reduced to one seat. In 2009 Agnès Mukabaranga was elected leader of the party after Mukezamfura stepped down.^[2] It was again part of the RPF-led alliance for the 2013 parliamentary elections, in which it retained its single seat.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2003^[a]	Alfred Mukezamfura	2,774,661	73.78%	3 / 80	New	Government coalition
2008^[a]	Alfred Mukezamfura	3,655,956	78.76%	1 / 80	2	Government coalition
2013^[a]	Agnès Mukabaranga		76.22%	1 / 80	0	Government coalition
2018^[a]		4,926,366	73.95%	1 / 80	0	Government coalition
2024^[a]		6,126,433	68.83%	0 / 80	1	Extra-parliamentary

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Run as part of the RPF Coalition.

References

^ Aimable Twagilimana (2007) Historical Dictionary of Rwanda, Scarecrow Press, p135
^ ^a ^b ^c Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p1204