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===The PPP in the Reform era ===
[[File:United Development Party rally 1997.jpg|thumb|200px|United Development Party rally in Jakarta, 24 April 1997]]
[[File:United Development Party (Indonesia) 2021 logo.png|thumb|200px|right|Party logo used briefly from 2021 to 2023]]

The PPP continued as the second biggest party out of the three allowed in the New Order. In May 1998, after Suharto's fall, the PPP returned to its Islamic ideology and prepared itself for the [[1999 Indonesian legislative election|1999 legislative election]], where it won 11% of the vote.

In the 1999 MPR General Session, the PPP was part of the Central Axis, a political coalition of Muslim parties which was formed by MPR Chairman, Amien Rais to counter the dominance of [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]]'s [[Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle]] (PDI-P). The PDI-P had won the legislative election and Megawati was expected to win the presidency. However, the MPR was still at this stage responsible for electing the president and vice president, and the Muslim parties in the Central Axis did not want a female president. Instead, they nominated and successfully secured the election of Abdurrahman Wahid as president. In the vice-presidential election, PPP Chairman [[Hamzah Haz]] ran against Megawati and was defeated.

The PPP was the first of Wahid's political allies to become disillusioned with him. The PPP's main problem with Wahid was his visit to [[Israel]] and the suggestion that he was willing to establish diplomatic relations with that nation. Hamzah who served in Wahid's cabinet as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, immediately resigned from his position just a month after Wahid had appointed him to it. Many other Wahid allies would follow and in July 2001, the PPP would join in removing Wahid from the presidency and naming Megawati as the president. Hamzah was then elected as vice president after defeating [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] and [[Akbar Tanjung]] in the vice-presidential election.