The Democratic Party for Progress – Angolan National Alliance (''Partido Democrático para o Progresso – Aliança Nacional Angolana'') 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 ideological or p ...

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. The party was founded in

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, March 17, 1991. It was led by Mfulumpinga Landu Victor, a former

National Liberation Front of Angola The National Front for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola; abbreviated FNLA) is a political party and former militant organisation that fought for Angolan independence from Portugal in the war of independen ...

(FNLA) cadre and

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for the PDP-ANA, until he was shot dead outside the party office in 2004. It is now led by Francisco Lele. In the 2008 legislative elections, it gained 0.51% of the vote and no seats in the

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"Angola: Opposition PPDA Backs Agenda Proposed By Ruling Party" Angola Press, 26 December 2006
1991 establishments in Angola Political parties established in 1991 Political parties in Angola {{Angola-party-stub