The Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development (french: Mouvement pour le Renouveau Démocratique et le Développement), ( ar, لحركة التجديد الديموقراطي والتنمية) is a

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Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

. It was originally known as the Party for Democratic Renewal. The PRD of Djibouti was created with the purpose of forming a national democratic party. The PRD gained popularity at the collapse of the communist bloc and the end of the Cold War. It used its military power gained through its coalition with the

Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (french: Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie, ar, الجبهة من أجل استعادة الوحدة والديمقراطية) is a political party in Djibouti. It is ...

(FRUD) and the Movement for Peace and Reconciliation (MPR). The current leader of PRD is Abdillani Hamariteha. The PRD was founded by Mohamed Djame Elabe, a former minister in the government, on 27 September 1992;"Djibouti: Political opposition parties (This Response replaces an earlier version dated 13 January 1999).
", Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (UNHCR Refworld), DJI31018.FE, 1 February 1999. it replaced the Movement for Peace and Reconciliation, a group founded by Djame in early 1992.''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 181. The party participated in the December 1992 parliamentary election and won 24.41% of vote, although it obtained no representation in the

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; no other opposition party participated in the election, and all seats were won by the ruling

People's Rally for Progress The People's Rally for Progress ( ar, التجمع الشعبي من أجل التقدم; french: Rassemblement populaire pour le Progrès, RPP) is a political party in Djibouti. It has dominated politics in the country since 1979, initially under ...

(RPP). Standing as the PRD presidential candidate in the May 1993 presidential election, Djame placed second behind President Hassan Gouled Aptidon and received about 22% of the vote. Djame died on 26 November 1996, and the PRD held a congress on 23 May 1997, electing Hamariteha as PRD President,

Maki Houmed Gaba Maki may refer to: People * Mäki, a Finnish surname (includes a list of people with the name) * Maki (name), a Japanese given name and surname (includes a list of people with the name) Places * Maki, Ravar, Kerman Province, Iran * Maki, Rigan ...

as First Vice-President, and

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as Second Vice-President. In the December 1997 parliamentary election, the PRD received 19.2% of the vote but again failed to win any seats. Together with the leaders of the Group for Democracy and the Republic and the Djibouti United Opposition Front, Hamariteha signed a communiqué providing for an alliance between the three groups on 25 November 1998. In the

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held on 10 January 2003, the PRD was part of the

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(''Union pour l'Alternance Démocratique''), which won 37.3% of the popular vote but no seats in the National Assembly.

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