Liberal Democratic Party (Central African Republic)

The PLD was established in 1991.[https://eisa.org.za/wep/car2011parties.htm CAR: Parties that contested the 2011 National Assembly election] EISA In the 1993 general elections it won seven seats in the National Assembly, becoming the joint third-largest faction. Following the elections it became part of a coalition government headed by Jean-Luc Mandaba of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (MLPC).[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2059_93.htm Elections held in 1993] IPU

In the next parliamentary elections in 1998 the PLD was part of the Presidential Movement, but was reduced to two seats.[http://africanelections.tripod.com/cf.html Elections in the Central African Republic] African Elections Database The party again allied itself with the MLPC, which was able to form a government after the defection of an opposition MP. The PLD was given four ministerial posts in the government led by Anicet-Georges Dologuélé.Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p249 It was also part of the government formed by Martin Ziguélé in April 2001.

The party was part of the National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" alliance for the 2005 elections. The alliance won four seats, of which the PLD took three.[https://eisa.org.za/wep/car2005results2.htm CAR: 2005 National Assembly election results] EISA

In 2010 the PLD joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections.[http://www.journaldebangui.com/article.php?aid=565 Political agreement between the parties of the Presidential Majority] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223043702/http://www.journaldebangui.com/article.php?aid=565 |date=2017-12-23 }} Journal de Bangui, 24 December 2010 The party nominated 15 candidates for the National Assembly elections,[https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/car2011candidates.htm CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election] EISA and although the alliance won 11 seats, the PLD failed to win a seat.

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