Peace and Development Party
Political party in Somalia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Somali Peace and Development Party. For the Egyptian Peace and Development Party, see Peace and Development Party (Egypt). For the Artsakh Peace and Development Party, see Peace and Development Party (Artsakh).
The Peace and Development Party (PDP, Somali: Xisbiga Nabadda Iyo Horumarka) was a political party in Somalia. It was established in April 2011 by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia from 2012 to 2017.[1] PDP members unanimously elected him as the party's Chairman in April 2011, with a mandate to serve as leader for the next three years.[2] The party's leadership also has ties with Al-Islah, Somalia's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.[3]
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Peace and Development Party Xisbiga Nabadda Iyo Horumarka | |
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Founder | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Founded | 2011 |
Dissolved | 4 October 2018 |
Succeeded by | Union for Peace and Development Party |
Headquarters | Mogadishu |
Ideology | Islamism Islamic democracy Social conservatism Economic liberalism |
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In October 2019, the PDP joined the Forum for National Parties, an alliance of Somali political parties which have agreed to work together to resolve Somalia's political and security issues.