The People's Democratic Party (PDP) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

. It was formed after a split in the

Human Rights and Democracy Movement The Human Rights and Democracy Movement (HRDM) is a political party in Tonga. Its leader is Uliti Uata. The HRDM was founded in the late 1970s as an informal group of Tongans interested in democratic reform. It was formalised in 1992 as the Pro ...

. The party was founded on 8 April 2005 in 'Atenisi.

Teisina Fuko Sione Teisina Fuko (born ~1950) is a Tongan politician and former Member of the Tongan Parliament for the island of Ha'apai. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party. Fuko is from the village of Ha'ano on Ha'apai and was educated at Pied ...

was the first person elected to the party presidency at a meeting on 15 April 2005."Tonga's new People's Democratic Party elects officials"
''Matangi Tonga'', 19 April 2005 The PDP was legally registered on July 1, 2005, being the first Tongan party to do so. The party has not won any seats to the Tonga Parliament. It is currently inactive without any candidates or Members of Parliament.

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