Union Solidarity and Development Party
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Union Solidarity and Development Party
ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ |
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| Abbreviation | USDP |
| Chairman | Than Htay |
| Secretary-General | Thet Naing Win |
| Vice-Chairman | Myat Hein |
| Founder | Thein Sein |
| Founded | 2 June 2010 |
| Headquarters | Dekkhinathiri Township, Naypyidaw |
| Ideology | Nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the House of Nationalities |
11 / 224
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| Seats in the House of Representatives |
30 / 440
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| Seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws |
73 / 850
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| Ethnic Affairs Ministers |
2 / 29
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The Union Solidarity and Development Party (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbreviated USDP), which was registered on 2 June 2010 by the Union Election Commission, currently standing as an opposition political party, is the successor to the Burmese government's mass organisation, the Union Solidarity and Development Association. It was headed by President Thein Sein until 2013, and its headquarters are in Naypyidaw's Dekkhinathiri Township. According to the 2008 Constitution, government officials and civil servants, including government ministers like Thein Sein, are not allowed to form political parties, although the Electoral Commission approved the party nonetheless.
During the 2010 election, USDP recruited party members by offering low-interest loans, particularly in central Burma and Rakhine State.
In the 2010 general election, the USDP won 883 seats out of 1154 total seats, 259 seats of 325 seats from Pyithu Hluttaw, 129 seats of 168 seats from Amyotha Hluttaw and 495 seats of 661 seats from Region and State Hluttaw (holding the majority in all, except the Rakhine State Hluttaw).
On 4 March 2011, two USDP MPs from Bago Region, Ant Gyi, a Pyithu Hluttaw MP representing Thanatpin Township, and Cho Nwe Oo, representing Constituency 7 (Oktwin and Htantabin Townships) were disqualified by the Union Electoral Commission for failing to meet the constitutional requirements for citizenship (as both have a parent who are not Burmese citizens).
On 2 May 2011, Shwe Mann assumed the office as temporary chairman of USDP. Htay Oo as deputy chairman, Aung Thaung and Thein Zaw as Secretary 1 and 2. Maung Oo was appointed as Disciplinary Official of the USDP. Former Yangon Mayor Aung Thein Lin was appointed to lead the USDP's Yangon branch.
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