Oromo Democratic Party
The Oromo Democratic Party (Oromo: Paartii Demokraatawaa Oromoo, ODP), formerly called the Oromo People's Democratic Organization, was a political party in Ethiopia, and part of the alliance with the Amhara National Democratic Movement, the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front and the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front that formed the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 387 out of 537 seats in the Oromia, and 14 out of 36 seats in the Harari Region.
Oromo Democratic Party Paartii Demokraatawaa Oromoo | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Abiy Ahmed |
| Deputy Chairman | Lemma Megersa |
| Head of Central Committee Office | Addisu Arega Kitessa |
| Founded | March 1982 |
| Dissolved | 1 December 2019 |
| Succeeded by | Prosperity Party |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Youth wing | ODP Youth League |
| National affiliation | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| Colors | Red, black, white, green gold |
| Party flag | |
In November 2019, Prime Minister and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Chairman Abiy Ahmed began the unification of the constituent parties of the coalition into a new Prosperity Party.
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