Union Solidarity and Development Party

Union Solidarity and Development Party

ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ
Union Solidarity and Development Party ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ
Abbreviation	USDP
Chairman	Khin Yi
Secretary-General	Thet Naing Win
Spokesperson	Nandar Hla Myint
Vice-Chairman	Myat Hein
President of Myanmar	Myint Swe (acting)
Founder	Thein Sein
Founded	2 June 2010
Preceded by	Union Solidarity and Development Association
Headquarters	Dekkhinathiri Township, Naypyidaw
Ideology	Militarism; Authoritarianism; Ultranationalism; Buddhist nationalism; National conservatism; Social conservatism; Right-wing populism
Political position	Far-right
Religion	Buddhism
Colours	Green
State Administration Council	4 / 18
Party flag
Website
	www.usdp.org.mm
	Politics of Myanmar; Political parties; Elections;

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The Union Solidarity and Development Party (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbr. USDP) is an ultranationalist, pro-military political party in Myanmar. Alongside the National League for Democracy, it is one of Myanmar's two principal national parties.^[4] USDP is the successor to the former ruling military junta's mass organisation, the Union Solidarity and Development Association, and serves as the electoral proxy of the Tatmadaw (military), which operates as a state within a state. Many of its political candidates and leadership are retired generals. It supports authoritarian military leadership.^[1] USDP was founded by Prime Minister Thein Sein to contest the 2010 Myanmar general election; the party was headed by Sein until 2013. Since 2022, it has been led by Khin Yi, who was installed as a loyalist of military leader Min Aung Hlaing.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ ^a ^b Macdonald, Adam P. (January 2013). "From Military Rule to Electoral Authoritarianism: The Reconfiguration of Power in Myanmar and its Future". Asian Affairs: An American Review. 40 (1): 20–36. doi:10.1080/00927678.2013.759479. S2CID 154558782.
^ Haynes, Jeffrey (2019). The Routledge Handbook to Religion and Political Parties. Routledge.
^ "Coup In Ranks Of Myanmar's Ruling Party Highlights Concern Over Suu Kyi". 13 August 2015.
^ Oh, Su-Ann (8 September 2020). "Parties and their Significance in the Myanmar 2020 General Election" (PDF). Perspective. 100 (2020). Singapore: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. ISSN 2335-6677.
^ "New Chair of Myanmar Military's Proxy Party Urges USDP Cooperation for Regime's Agenda". The Irrawaddy. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ "Myanmar's army-backed party to replace chief with general's ally". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
^ Aung, Sa Tun; Zay, Aung (4 October 2022). "Junta chief moves to tighten grip over USDP as party conference begins". Myanmar Now. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[MacDonald-1] Macdonald, Adam P. (January 2013). "From Military Rule to Electoral Authoritarianism: The Reconfiguration of Power in Myanmar and its Future". Asian Affairs: An American Review. 40 (1): 20–36. doi:10.1080/00927678.2013.759479. S2CID 154558782.

[2] Haynes, Jeffrey (2019). The Routledge Handbook to Religion and Political Parties. Routledge.

[3] "Coup In Ranks Of Myanmar's Ruling Party Highlights Concern Over Suu Kyi". 13 August 2015.

[4] Oh, Su-Ann (8 September 2020). "Parties and their Significance in the Myanmar 2020 General Election" (PDF). Perspective. 100 (2020). Singapore: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. ISSN 2335-6677.

[Irrawaddy-5] "New Chair of Myanmar Military's Proxy Party Urges USDP Cooperation for Regime's Agenda". The Irrawaddy. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[nikkei-6] "Myanmar's army-backed party to replace chief with general's ally". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[7] Aung, Sa Tun; Zay, Aung (4 October 2022). "Junta chief moves to tighten grip over USDP as party conference begins". Myanmar Now. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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