List of political parties in Guinea-Bissau explained

This article lists political parties in Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Active parties

Parliamentary parties

Party		Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Assembly
bgcolor=		African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde Portuguese: Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde	PAIGC	Domingos Simões Pereira		Democratic socialism Social democracy Left-wing nationalism African nationalism Pan-Africanism
bgcolor=#01A35A		Movement for Democratic Alternation, Group of 15 Portuguese: Movimento para Alternância Democrática, Grupo dos 15	Madem G15		Centre-left	Social democracy
	Party for Social Renewal Portuguese: Partido da Renovação Social	PRS	Kumba Ialá	Centre to centre-left	Social liberalism Reformism Agrarianism
bgcolor=#094779		Assembly of the People United–Democratic Party of Guinea-Bissau Portuguese: Assembleia do povo Unido - Partido Democrático da Guiné-Bissau	APU-PDGB	Nuno Gomes Nabiam	Left-wing	Democratic socialism
bgcolor=#ADD8E6		New Democracy Party Portuguese: Partido da Nova Democracia	PND	Mamadú Iaia Djaló
bgcolor=#006600		Union for Change Portuguese: União para a Mudança	UM

Other parties

• United Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Unido Social Democrático) (PUSD)
• Green Party (Portuguese: Liga Guineense para Proteccao Ecologica) (LIPE)
• Democratic Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Socialista) (PDS)
• Democratic Social Front (Portuguese: Frente Democrática Social) (FDS)
• Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (Portuguese: Resistência da Guiné-Bissau-Movimento Bafatá) (RGB-MB)
• National Unity Party (Portuguese: Partido da Unidade Nacional) (PUN)
• United People's Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Popular Unida) (APU)
• National Union for Democracy and Progress (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Democracia e o Progresso) (UNDP)
• Workers' Party (Portuguese: Partido dos Trabalhadores) (PT)
• Manifest Party of the People (Portuguese: Partido do Manifesto do Povo) (PMP)
• Socialist Party of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese: Partido Socialista da Guiné-Bissau) (PSGB)
• Guinean Democratic Movement (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático Guineense)
• Guinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy (Portuguese: Fórum Cívico Guineense-Social Democracia) (FCG/SD)
• Guinean People's Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Guineense) (PPG)
• Democratic Convergence Party (Portuguese: Partido da Convergência Democrática) (PCD)
• Republican Party for Independence and Development (Portuguese: Partido Republicano para a Independência e Desenvolvimento) (PRID)
• Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrática) (PSD)
• Movemento Patriotico (MP)
• The Organisation of Civic Democracy - Renewed Hope (Portuguese: Organização Cívica da Democracia - Esperança Renovada) (OCD-ER)

See also

• Politics of Guinea-Bissau