The Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social) is a political party

Political party

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 in the Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...

, founded by Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya

Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya

Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya was a Congolese politician. He was briefly Acting Head of State of the Republic of the Congo in February 1979 and was President of the National Assembly of the Republic of the Congo from 2002 to 2007...

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Thystère Tchicaya founded the RDPS on October 29, 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

Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 1992

Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo in 1992, along with a presidential election, marking the end of the transition to multiparty politics. The election was held in two rounds, the first on 24 June 1992 and the second on 19 July 1992...

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Initially part of the National Alliance for Democracy (AND), a coalition of left-wing parties that supported Pascal Lissouba

Pascal Lissouba

Pascal Lissouba was the first democratically elected President of the Republic of the Congo from August 31, 1992 to October 15, 1997. He was overthrown by the current President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the 1997 civil war....

, the RDPS soon broke with the AND and joined the Union for Democratic Renewal

Union for Democratic Renewal (Congo)

The Union for Democratic Renewal was a coalition of political parties in the Republic of the Congo. The coalition was led by Bernard Kolélas, who was also the leader of the coalition's largest party, the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development...

 (URD) opposition coalition, led by Bernard Kolélas

Bernard Kolélas

Bernard Bakana Kolélas was a Congolese politician and President of the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development...

. Together with the Union for the Republic

Union for the Republic

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 (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

Denis Sassou Nguesso

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 captured Brazzaville

Brazzaville

-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...

, the capital, at the end of the civil war in October 1997, Tchicaya announced the support of the RDPS for Sassou Nguesso.

In the parliamentary election

Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007

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 held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won two out of 137 seats.

RDPS President Thystère Tchicaya died on June 20, 2008. Bernard Batchi succeeded him as Interim President of the RDPS.