Republican Progressive Party (in French: Parti Progressif Républicain), was a political party in the Central African Republic. PPR was led by Henri Maidou, former prime minister in Bokassa's cabinet. Maidou was the PPR candidate in the 1981 presidential elections.
Source: O'Toole, Thomas. The Central African Republic: The Continent's Hidden Heart. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986.
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