The Democratic Party of GuineaAfrican Democratic Rally () is a
political party
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in
Guinea
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that dominated Guinean politics under a
one-party state system. The party was founded as a branch of the
African Democratic Rally
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(RDA) in June 1947. On 19 October 1958, the party severed its links with the RDA, other members of which supported a closer union with
France
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.
[O'Toole, p. 60] The party's leader,
Ahmed Sékou Touré
Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; 9 January 1922 – 26 March 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary ...
, became the country's first president. Two years later, he declared the PDG to be the sole legal party in the country. As president of the PDG, Touré was the only candidate for president of the republic, and as such was elected unopposed to four seven-year terms. Every five years, a single list of PDG candidates was returned to the National Assembly. After the death of Touré and a
coup staged by
Lansana Conté
Lansana Conté (; 30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008 in 1984, the PDG was dissolved.
In 1992, PDG-RDA was revived under the leadership of
Ismael Gushein. In the
parliamentary election
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held on 30 June 2002, the party won 3.4% of the popular vote and 3 out of 114 seats.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
National Assembly elections
See also
*
African Democratic Party of Guinea
The African Democratic Party of Guinea (), initially called Democratic Party of Guinea-Ahmed Sékou Touré (''Parti démocratique de Guinée-Ahmed Sékou Touré'') is a political party in Guinea. PDG-AST was founded in January 1994, following a s ...
References
1947 establishments in French West Africa
African and Black nationalist parties in Africa
African socialist political parties
Pan-Africanist political parties in Africa
Parties of one-party systems
Political parties established in 1947
Political parties in French West Africa
Political parties in Guinea
Sections of the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
Socialism in Guinea
Socialist parties in Africa
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