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Republican Progressive Party (french: Parti Progressif Républicain, PPR) was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country'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 the
Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
. The PPR was led by
Henri Maïdou Henri Maïdou (born 14 February 1936) is a retired Central African politician who served as Prime Minister of the Central African Empire (Central African Republic) from 14 July 1978 to 26 September 1979, and Vice President of the CAR in the ca ...
, a former Prime Minister in
Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jean-Bédel Bokassa (; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996), also known as Bokassa I, was a Central African political and military leader who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) and as the emperor of its s ...
's cabinet.Thomas O'Toole (1986) ''The Central African Republic: The Continent's Hidden Heart'', Westview Press Maïdou was the PPR candidate in the 1981 presidential elections and finished fourth of five candidates with 3% of the vote.


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