Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)

Rally for Democracy and Progress
Rally for Democracy and Progress
Abbreviation	RDP
President	Mike Kavekotora
Secretary-General	Brunhilde Cornelius
Founder	Hidipo Hamutenya; Jesaya Nyamu
Founded	17 November 2007
Split from	SWAPO
Headquarters	Schönlein Street; Windhoek West; Windhoek; Khomas Region
Newspaper	Voice of Change
Youth Wing	RDP Youth League
Women’s Wing	RDP Women’s League
Ideology	Liberalism; African nationalism[citation needed]
Political position	Centre-left[citation needed]
Colors	Blue; Yellow; Green; Black
Seats in the National Assembly	1 / 104
Seats in the National Council	0 / 42
Regional Councillors	0 / 121
Local Councillors	16 / 378
Pan-African Parliament	0 / 5
Party flag
Website
	Website of RDP
	Politics of Namibia; Political parties; Elections;

The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is a political party in Namibia. It was launched on 17 November 2007 under the leadership of Hidipo Hamutenya and Jesaya Nyamu, both former leading members of the ruling SWAPO party and cabinet ministers. Hamutenya had unsuccessfully sought the SWAPO nomination for President in 2004. At the time of the RDP's launch, it was considered to represent the strongest challenge to SWAPO's political dominance since the country gained its independence in 1990. According to Hamutenya, speaking at the RDP's launch, the party was "born in response to our people's deep longing for a vision, political direction and the rekindling of their hopes and aspiration for a better and prosperous future".^[1]

^ "New Namibian political party launched in challenge to ruling party", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), November 18, 2007.

[1] "New Namibian political party launched in challenge to ruling party", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), November 18, 2007.

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Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)

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