PNDS
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Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya
Parti Nigérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme-Tarayya |
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| Leader | Mahamadou Issoufou |
| President | Mahamadou Issoufou |
| Chairperson | Foumakoye Gado |
| Spokesperson | Iro Sani |
| Founded | December 23, 1990 |
| Headquarters | 613 Avenue de l’OUA, BP 10894, Niamey |
| Youth wing | OJT (Organisation des Jeunes Tarayya) |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation |
Progressive Alliance, Socialist International (since 1996) |
| Colors | Pink |
| National Assembly |
75 / 171
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| Website | |
| http://pnds-tarayya.net | |
The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (French: Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme, PNDS-Tarayya) is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-wing party, part of the Socialist International; and since 2011 it has been in power following the election of its long-time leader, Mahamadou Issoufou, as President. Mohamed Bazoum is Acting President of the PNDS, and its Secretary-General is Foumakoye Gado.
Established on December 23, 1990, the party won 13 of the 83 seats in the National Assembly in the February 1993 parliamentary elections. five of which were won in Issoufou's home department of Tahoua Department. In the presidential elections that followed, the first-multi-party election for the presidency, PNDS leader Mahamadou Issoufou, finished in third place with 15.92% of the vote in the first round. As part of a coalition called the Alliance of the Forces of Change, the PNDS backed Mahamane Ousmane of the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS) in the second round, with Ousmane defeating Tandja Mamadou of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD). In the National Assembly, the PNDS formed part of the AFC majority, and Issoufou was appointed Prime Minister.
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