Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)
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Movement for Democracy
Movemento para Democracia |
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| Leader | Carlos Veiga |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde |
| Ideology |
Centrism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-Right |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| National Assembly |
38 / 72
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| Website | |
| www.mpd.cv | |
The Movement for Democracy (Portuguese: Movimento para Democracia, MpD) is a liberal party in Cape Verde. Established in 1990, it was the ruling party from 1991 to 2001 and returned to power in the 2016 parliamentary election. Its members are nicknamed "os ventoinhas" (the wind fans).
The MpD was established on 14 March 1990 by Carlos Veiga after Prime Minister Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV, formerly the sole legal party) allowed its creation. The party was publicly launched in May 1990, and its first convention was held in November 1990.
In the January 1991 parliamentary elections, the first multi-party elections in the country's history, the MpD won 56 of the 79 seats in the National Assembly. In the presidential elections the following month, MpD candidate António Mascarenhas Monteiro defeated the incumbent PAICV President Aristides Pereira.
Following the MpD's second convention in January 1993, splits developed within the party, with two groups, List A and List B, emerging. A split in 1994 led to the creation of the Democratic Convergence Party. Despite losing six seats, the party retained its parliamentary majority in the 1995 elections, whilst Monteiro was re-elected unopposed in the presidential elections the following year.
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