List of political parties in Angola

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This article lists political parties in Angola.

Angola has a dominant-party system. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has ruled the country since independence in 1975. It was the sole legal party from 1975 until 1991, although during that period it never fully consolidated its power throughout the entire country. Large sections of the interior were controlled by the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) under the leadership of Jonas Savimbi.

Because elections have not been held since 1992, there is no reliable method to accurately gauge various parties' current level of support.

In total, there are more than 120 registered parties; only a handful have national constituencies.

Contents 1 Current parties 1.1 Major parties 1.2 Smaller parties 2 Defunct parties 3 See also

[edit] Current parties

[edit] Major parties

English name	Portuguese name		Founded	Leader
Liberal Democratic Party	Partido Liberal Democrático	PLD	1983	Anália de Victória Pereira
National Front for the Liberation of Angola	Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola	FNLA	1957	Holden Roberto
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola	União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola	UNITA	1966	Isaias Samakuva
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola	Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola	MPLA	1956	President José Eduardo dos Santos

[edit] Smaller parties

• Angolan Democratic Forum (Fórum Democrático Angolano, FDA)
• Angolan National Democratic Party (Partido Nacional Democrático Angolano, PNDA)
• Democratic Alliance of Angola (Aliança Democrática de Angola, ADA)
• Democratic Progress Party/Angolan National Alliance Party (Partido Democrático para Progreso/Aliança Nacional Angolano, PDP-ANA)
• Democratic Renewal Party (Partido Renovador Democrático, PRD)
• Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers and Farmers of Angola (Partido da Aliança da Juventude, Operários e Camponeses de Angola, PAJOCA)
• Social Democrat Party (Partido Social-Democrata, PSD)

[edit] Defunct parties

• Angolan Communist Party
• Angolan League
• Communist Committee of Cabinda
• Communist Organization of Angola
• Democratic Front for the Liberation of Angola
• Movement for the National Independence of Angola
• Organization of the Communists of Angola (Organização dos Comunistas de Angola, OCA)
• Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals