Party for Economic Development and Solidarity | |
Native Name: | Parti pour le Développement Economique et la Solidarité |
Leader: | Hamed Diané Séméga |
Foundation: | 2010 |
Ideology: | Liberalism |
Position: | Centre |
Regional: | Africa Liberal Network |
Country: | Mali |
Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
The Party for Economic Development and Solidarity (French: Parti pour le Développement Economique et la Solidarité, PDES) is a political party in Mali led by Hamed Diané Séméga.[1]
The party was established on 17 July 2010 by supporters of President Amadou Toumani Touré,[2] and officially registered on 14 September.[1] The party's Vice-President Jamille Bittar was its candidate in the 2013 presidential elections. He finished ninth in the first round.
In the 2013 parliamentary elections it won three seats.