The Progressive Democratic Party (
Spanish
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: ''Partido Democrático Progresista'') is a
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
an political party created in 2007, split from the
Party for a Country of Solidarity
The Party for a Country of Solidarity ( es, Partido País Solidario, PPS) is a political party in Paraguay. It was formed in 2000 when a faction of the National Encounter Party led by Carlos Filizzola broke away to create a new party.
History
T ...
.
In the
2008 Paraguayan general election
General elections were held in Paraguay on 20 April 2008. Elections were held for the presidency, 45 senators, 80 representatives, 17 governors and Paraguay's members in the Mercosur Parliament.
The presidential election was won by opposition c ...
it won one seat in the
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
The Chamber of Deputies ''(Cámara de Diputados)'' is the lower house of Paraguay's bicameral legislature, the National Congress. It is made up of 80 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The other chamber of the ...
and one in the
Senate of Paraguay
The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (''Cámara de Senadores''), the upper house of the National Congress, has 45 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.
The Paraguayan bicameral legislature, which included the Sen ...
. In the 2008 elections it was part of the
Patriotic Alliance for Change
The Patriotic Alliance for Change ( es, Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio, APC) was a Paraguayan electoral alliance.
Its candidate in the 2008 election was Fernando Lugo, who won the election.
Composition
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electoral coalition, and had a representative,
Rafael Filizzola, appointed interior minister. It withdrew from the governing coalition in early 2009, although it continued to participate as an observer, and to support the Lugo presidency. Filizzola remained interior minister until mid-2011, when Lugo asked him to resign.
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