National Development Party (, ; abbrev: NDP) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

. Although legally registered as a political party, it has not been able to gain electoral representation as

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elections have not been held in Brunei since 1962. The party formally legalised on 31 August 2005 by former rebel and Secretary General of the banned Brunei People's Party,

Yassin Affandi Muhammad Yasin bin Abdul Rahman (19 May 1922 – 18 July 2012), also known as Yassin Affandi, was a Bruneian politician who served as the president of the National Development Party from 2005 to 2010. He worked with A.M. Azahari during the B ...

, aka Haji Muhammad Yasin bin Abdul Rahman (died 2012), co-founded the Party, which is the third political party founded legally in Brunei to date. NDP is member of the International Monarchist Conference.

Structure

The following members of the National Development Party as of 31 March 2020:

References

External links

Official Facebook

Official blog

Official site
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