Progressive Democratic Party (Paraguay)

For other uses, see Progressive Democratic Party.

Progressive Democratic Party Partido Democrático Progresista
Leader	Desirée Masi
Founded	2007
Split from	Party for a Country of Solidarity
Headquarters	Asunción, Paraguay
Ideology	Democratic socialism Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Concertación
International affiliation	Socialist International (invited member)
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 80
Senate	1 / 45
Website
www.pdp.org.py
Politics of Paraguay Political parties Elections

The Progressive Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Democrático Progresista) is a Paraguayan political party created in 2007, split from the Party for a Country of Solidarity.

In the 2008 Paraguayan general election it won one seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay and one in the Senate of Paraguay. In the 2008 elections it was part of the Patriotic Alliance for Change electoral coalition, and had a representative, Rafael Filizzola, appointed interior minister. It withdrew from the governing coalition in early 2009, although it continued to participate as an observer, and to support the Lugo presidency. Filizzola remained interior minister until mid-2011, when Lugo asked him to resign.

Further reading

• Lambert, Peter; Nickson, Andrew (1997). The transition to democracy in Paraguay. Macmillan Press. ISBN 031217523X.