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The Progressive Democratic Party (Arabic: الحزب الديمقراطي التقدمي al-Ḥizb ad-Dīmuqrāṭī at-Taqaddumī ; French: Parti démocrate progressiste) also referred to by its acronym PDP was a secular liberal political party in Tunisia. It was founded under the name of Progressive Socialist Rally in 1983 gained legal recognition in 1988 and was renamed Progressive Democratic Party in 2001. Under the rule of Ben Ali it was a legal opposition party but subjected to political repression.