Social Democratic Party (East Timor)

Social Democratic Party
Leader	Zacarias da Costa
Founded	20 September 2000
Headquarters	Dili
Colours	Orange
Party flag

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The Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata) is a centrist political party in East Timor.^[1] In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 8.2% of the popular vote and 6 out of 88 seats. President of PSD is Minister for Foreign Affairs Zacarias da Costa since 7 December 2008.

In the June 2007 parliamentary election, the PSD formed an alliance with the Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT), and together they won 15.73% of the vote and 11 seats.^[2]

The Party (PSD) was established by Mario Carrascalao, Zacarias Albano da Costa and Leandro Isaac, amongst other prominent figures of the timorese political elite on 20 September 2000. The Social Democratic Party is currently led by Zacarias Albano da Costa, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs since 8 August 2007.

References

↑ Paige Johnson Tan: Political Society, Parties, and Democracy, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Retrieved 16 April 2012
↑ "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections", Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.

Political parties in East Timor

Parliamentary	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (30) FRETILIN (25) Democratic Party (8) Frenti-Mudança (2)

Unrepresented	Association of Timorese Heroes Christian Democratic Party Christian Democratic Union of Timor Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party Liberal Party Millennium Democratic Party National Unity of Timorese Resistance National Unity Party People's Party of Timor Republican Party Social Democratic Party Socialist Party of Timor Timorese Democratic Union Timorese Nationalist Party Timorese Social Democratic Association

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