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Peace and Development Party Xisbiga Nabadda Iyo Horumarka | |
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Founder | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Founded | 2011 |
Dissolved | 4 October 2018 |
Succeeded by | Union for Peace and Development Party |
Headquarters | Mogadishu |
Ideology | Islamism Islamic democracy Social conservatism Economic liberalism |
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