Popular Democratic Movement

Popular Democratic Movement
AbbreviationPDM
PresidentMcHenry Venaani
Vice PresidentJennifer Van den Heever
ChairpersonRicky Vries
Secretary-GeneralManuel Ngaringombe
TreasurerNico Smit
FoundersClemens Kapuuo
Dirk Mudge
Founded5 November 1977 (1977-11-05)[1]
Headquarters14 Mozart Street
Windhoek
Khomas Region
Youth wingPDM Youth League
Women's wingPDM Women's League
IdeologyConservatism
Economic liberalism[2]
Political positionCentre-right[2]
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union (Associate member)
Regional AffiliationDemocrat Union of Africa
Colors  Blue
  White
  Red
SloganLet's move!
Seats in the National Assembly
16 / 104
Seats in the National Council
2 / 42
Regional Councillors
2 / 121
Local Councillors
41 / 378
Pan-African Parliament
0 / 5
Website
www.pdmnamibia.com

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic Front, it formed the official opposition in Parliament until the parliamentary elections in 2009. The party currently holds 16 seats in the Namibian National Assembly and one seat in the Namibian National Council and is the official opposition. McHenry Venaani is president of the PDM.

The PDM is an associate member of the International Democrat Union, a transnational grouping of national political parties generally identified with political conservatism, and a member of the Democrat Union of Africa, which was relaunched in Accra, Ghana in February 2019. The president of the party, McHenry Venaani, is the current chairperson of the Democrat Union of Africa.[3]

  1. ^ "119-1977". www.klausdierks.com.
  2. ^ a b "Opposition parties say PDM coalition efforts too late". Windhoek Observer. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ "About YDUA". www.ydua.org. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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