The Social Democratic Party (''Partido Social Democrata'') is a
centrist
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political party
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in
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
.
In the
parliamentary election
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held on 30 August 2001, the party won 8.2% of the popular vote and 6 out of 88 seats. President of PSD is Minister for Foreign Affairs
Zacarias da Costa
Zacarias Albano da Costa (born 16 January 1964, in Remexio) is an East Timorese politician and diplomat. On 8 August 2007, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs following the 2007 parliamentary election. Before being appointed as Minister for F ...
since 7 December 2008.
In the
June 2007 parliamentary election, the PSD formed an alliance with the
Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT), and together they won 15.73% of the vote and 11 seats.
"National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections"
, Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.
The Party (PSD) was established by Mario Viegas Carrascalao,
References
Political parties in East Timor
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