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The Rally for Culture and Democracy ( ber, Agraw i Yidles d Tugdut; ar, التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية; french: Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie, RCD) is a
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in
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. It promotes secularism (
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) and has its principal power base in
Kabylia Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which ...
, a major Berber-speaking region. Some consider it to take the position of a
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for the Berber-speaking population in Algerian politics.


History and profile

The Rally for Culture and Democracy was founded by
Saïd Sadi Saïd Sadi ( Kabyle: Saεid Seεdi) (born 26 August 1947) is an Algerian politician who was President of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) until 2012. He is founder of the first Algerian human rights league. Born at Aghribs, now in Tizi ...
in 1989. He was a presidential candidate in 1995, winning 9.3 percent of the popular vote. In 1997, the party won 19 of 390 seats. The RCD boycotted the 2002 elections. Saïd Sadi was a candidate again in the 2004 presidential election and won 1.9 percent of the vote. The party participated in the 2007 legislative elections, winning 3.36% of the vote and 19 seats.


Regional strength

In the 2007 legislative election, support for the RCD was higher than its national average (3.36%) in the following provinces:


See also

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Politics of Algeria Politics of Algeria takes place in a framework of a constitutional semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Algeria is head of state while the Prime Minister of Algeria is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the gov ...
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Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie The Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie (MAK; Kabyle language, Kabyle: ''Amussu i ufraniman n tmurt n iqbayliyen''; french: Mouvement pour l’autodétermination de la Kabylie, named Movement for the autonomy of Kabylie (Kabyle language, ...
(MAK), a Kabyle pro-
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movement *
Socialist Forces Front , Berber: Tirni Iɣallen Inemlayen (RƔN) , logo = Socialist Forces Front.png , leader1_title = First National Secretary , leader1_name = Youcef Aouchiche , leader2_title = , leader2_name = , foundation = ...
(FFS), the main
socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...
Berber party * Arouch Movement, a Berber political organisation modelled on traditional village councils *
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* (in Berber, French, and Arabic) 1989 establishments in Algeria Algerian democracy movements Algerian nationalism Berberism in Algeria Berberist political parties Liberal parties in Algeria Nationalist parties in Algeria Political parties established in 1989 Political parties in Algeria Secularism in Algeria {{Liberal-party-stub