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Rally for Congolese Democracy

Rally for Congolese Democracy
Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie
PresidentAzarias Ruberwa
Founded2003 (as party)
IdeologySocial liberalism
Political positionCentre
Seats in the Senate
7 / 108

The Congolese Rally for Democracy (French: Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie; abbreviated RCD), also known as the Rally for Congolese Democracy, is a political party and a former rebel group that operated in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1] It was supported by the government of Rwanda, and was a major armed faction in the Second Congo War (1998-2003). It became a social liberal political party in 2003.

  1. ^ "6. Resurrecting Bula Matari: The Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie-Goma", Rebel Rulers, Cornell University Press, pp. 167–208, 2017-12-31, doi:10.7591/9780801462979-009, ISBN 978-0-8014-6297-9

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