Social Democratic People's Party

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Social Democratic People's Party (French: Parti Populaire Social Démocrate), is a centre-left, social democratic political party, in Djibouti, founded in 2002 and led by Moumin Bahdon Farah.It is part of the governing coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP).Prior to founding the PPSD, Farah was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary-General of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP), the governing party. He was removed from the RPP leadership in 1996 and joined the opposition.Farah subsequently founded the PPSD in 2002; he filed a declaration for the PPSD at the Interior Ministry on 26 October 2002, and Interior Minister Abdoulkader Doualeh Waïs announced that the party was legally registered on 31 October 2002.Speaking in a television interview on 22 November 2002, Farah said that his new party was not part of the opposition, expressing support for the government and stating that the PPSD planned to ally with the RPP.The party opened its first congress on 7 December 2002.

Pagina's: 88, Paperback, VDM Verlag