Popular Democratic Movement
Popular Democratic Movement | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PDM |
| President | McHenry Venaani |
| Vice President | Jennifer Van den Heever |
| Chairperson | Ricky Vries |
| Secretary-General | Manuel Ngaringombe |
| Treasurer | Nico Smit |
| Founders | Clemens Kapuuo Dirk Mudge |
| Founded | 5 November 1977 |
| Headquarters | 14 Mozart Street Windhoek Khomas Region |
| Youth wing | PDM Youth League |
| Women's wing | PDM Women's League |
| Ideology | Conservatism Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union (Associate member) |
| Regional Affiliation | Democrat Union of Africa |
| Colors | Blue White Red |
| Slogan | Let's move! |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 5 / 104 |
| Seats in the National Council | 2 / 42 |
| Regional Councillors | 2 / 121 |
| Local Councillors | 41 / 378 |
| Pan-African Parliament | 0 / 5 |
| Website | |
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The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic Front, it formed the official opposition in Parliament until the parliamentary elections in 2009. The party currently holds 5 seats in the Namibian National Assembly and one seat in the Namibian National Council and has lost its status as the official opposition party, taking the fourth place. McHenry Venaani is the President of the PDM.
The PDM is an associate member of the International Democracy Union, a transnational grouping of national political parties generally identified with political conservatism, and a member of the Democracy Union of Africa, which was re-launched in Accra, Ghana in February 2019. The President of the party, McHenry Venaani, is the current chairperson of the Democrat Union of Africa.