Under Second Military Regime and Fourth Republic
The National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal (UNIRD) was established in 1996 to support Maïnassara in that year's elections, but subsequently the RDP-Jama'a was established as the ruling party. At the RDP's national congress, Hamid Algabid was elected leader of the RDP-Jama'a on August 20, 1997.
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