Democratic Party (Indonesia)
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| Party leader | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Secretary General | Hinca Pandjaitan |
| founding | September 9, 2001 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
| Alignment | Pancasila |
| International connections | Liberal International (observer) |
| Website | www.demokrat.or.id |
The Democratic Party ( Partai Demokrat , PD) is a political party in Indonesia . It was founded on September 9, 2001 . Its political orientation is based on the pancasila , i.e. the five principles of the Indonesian constitution.
In the 2004 parliamentary elections, the PD received 7.5% of the vote and 57 out of 550 seats.
In the first direct election of the president in 2004, the PD Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono nominated . He received the most votes in the first ballot and won the runoff election with 69% of the votes against the incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri from the PDI-P .
After the party's chairman, Anas Urbaningrum , resigned in February 2013 on allegations of corruption, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also became chairman of the party.
Web links
- Democratic Party website (Indonesian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja: Let's unite: Democrat Party chief Yudhoyono. In: The Straits Times Asia Report. March 31, 2013, accessed May 31, 2013 .