Social Democratic Party (Papua New Guinea)
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Social Democratic Party | |
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| Leader | Powes Parkop[1] |
| President | Wesley Sanarup[1] |
| Secretary | Justin Yatu[1] |
| Founded | June 2010 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National Parliament | 4 / 118 |
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The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in June 2010 by Port Moresby Governor Powes Parkop.[2]
It won three seats at the 2012 election: Parkop (National Capital District Provincial), Justin Tkatchenko (Moresby South Open) and Joseph Yopyyopy (Wosera-Gawi).[3][4] It supported the government of Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, and Tkatchenko was appointed as Minister for Sport.[4][5] Yopyyopy later defected to the United Resources Party,[6] while Tkatchenko joined the People's National Congress.[7]
As of June 2023, the party has 4 seats in the National Parliament.
