Rally for Congolese Democracy
Rally for Congolese Democracy Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie | |
|---|---|
| President | Azarias Ruberwa |
| Founded | 2003 (as party) |
| Ideology | Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| 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). 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.