People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan

Peoples Democratic Party of Uzbekistan O'zbekistan Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi

President	Hatamzhon Ketmonov^[1]
Founded	November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)^[2]
Preceded by	Communist Party of Uzbekistan
Headquarters	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Newspaper	Golos Uzbekistana, O'zbekiston Ovozi
Membership (2009)	368,214
Ideology	Civic nationalism Liberal conservatism Socialism (formerly)
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	None
Legislative Chamber	27 / 150
Senate	28 / 100
Website
www.xdp.uz
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The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O'zbekistan Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi, O'zXDP or PDPU) is a political party in Uzbekistan which was founded in October 1991 after the Communist Party of Uzbekistan voted to cut its ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and change its name to PDPU. The party was led by President Islam Karimov since its foundation until 2007.

At the legislative elections of 24 December 2004 and 9 January 2005, the party won 28 out of 120 seats.

References

External links

Peoples Democratic Party of Uzbekistan website

Political parties in Uzbekistan

Legal parties	Liberal Democratic Party People's Democratic Party National Revival Democratic Party Justice Social Democratic Party Ecological Movement

Banned parties	Unity Erk/Liberty Democratic Party Hizb ut-Tahrir

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