Democracy and Peace Party

The Democracy and Peace Party (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးပါတီ, pronounced: [dìmòkəɹèsì n̥ɪ̰ɴ ɲéiɴdʑáɴjé pàtì]; abbreviated DPP; formerly the League for Democracy and Peace) is a Burmese political party registered in May 2010, with headquarters in Pabedan Township, Yangon.^[1] It is contesting the 2010 general election in Burma. DPP's chairman is Aung Than, a high court attorney and a member of the League for Democracy and Peace (ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး အဖွဲ့ချုပ်), a political party founded by former Prime Minister U Nu in 1988.^[2] On 28 August 1988, at the peak for pre-democracy movement in Burma, U Nu, with his colleagues who were mostly former members of democratically elected government which was forcefully dissolved by the coup d'état of Ne Win, formed the League for Democracy and Peace (LDP). LDP contested the 1990 election but did not win any seats and was subsequently deregistered.

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Political parties - Myanmar at Encyclopedia of the Nations

Political parties in Myanmar

House of Nationalities (224)	National League for Democracy (135) Military (56) Union Solidarity and Development Party (12) Arakan National Party (10) Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (3) Ta'ang National Party (2) Zomi Congress for Democracy (2) Mon National Party (1) National Unity Party (1) Pa-O National Organisation (1) Independents (2)

House of Representatives (440)	National League for Democracy (255) Military (110) Union Solidarity and Development Party (30) Arakan National Party (12) Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (12) Pa-O National Organisation (3) Ta'ang National Party (3) Zomi Congress for Democracy (2) Kachin State Democracy Party (1) Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (1) Lisu National Development Party (1) Wa Democratic Party (1) Independents (1)

State and Regional Hluttaws (880)	National League for Democracy (475) Military (220) Union Solidarity and Development Party (71) Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (25) Arakan National Party (22) Ta'ang National Party (7) Pa-O National Organisation (6) Kachin State Democracy Party (3) Mon National Party (2) Wa Democratic Party (2) Zomi Congress for Democracy (2) All Mon Region Democracy Party (1) Democratic Party (1) Kayin People's Party (1) Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (1) Lahu National Development Party (1) Lisu National Development Party (1) Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (1) Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party (1) Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State (1) Wa National Unity Party (1) Independents (1)

Ethnic Affairs Ministers (29)	National League for Democracy (21) Union Solidarity and Development Party (2) Arakan National Party (1) Akha National Development Party (1) Lahu National Development Party (1) Lisu National Development Party (1) Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party (1) Independent (1)

Unrepresented parties	Arakan Liberation Party Chin National Party Chin Progressive Party Communist Party of Burma (banned) Confederate Farmers Party Democracy and Peace Party Democratic Party for a New Society Federal Union Party Inn National Development Party Karen National Party Myanmar Farmers Development Party National Democratic Force National Development Party Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers Shan State Progress Party Union Democratic Party

Political organisations	88 Generation Students Group United Nationalities Federal Council

Notable historical parties	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League Arakan League for Democracy Burma Socialist Programme Party National United Front Rakhine Nationalities Development Party Thakins

Politics of Myanmar Portal List of political parties

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