Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally

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The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally (PDG-RDA; French: Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) was a political party in Guinea that dominated Guinean politics under a one-party state system from 1960 to 1984. The PDG-RDA was founded as a branch of the African Democratic Rally (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. The party's leader, Ahmed Sékou Touré, became the first president of Guinea. 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 in 1984, the PDG was dissolved. In 1992, PDG-RDA was revived under the leadership...

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