TheDemocracy and Peace Party (Burmese:ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးပါတီ,pronounced[dìmòkəɹèsìn̥ɪ̰ɰ̃ɲéiɰ̃dʑáɰ̃jépàtì]; abbreviated DPP; formerly theLeague for Democracy and Peace) is a Burmese political party registered in May 2010, with headquarters inPabedan Township,Yangon.^[1] It contested the2010 general election in Burma. DPP's chairman is Aung Than, a high court attorney and a member of the League for Democracy and Peace (ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး အဖွဲ့ချုပ်), a political party founded by former Prime MinisterU Nu in 1988.^[2] On 28 August 1988, at the peak for pre-democracy movement in Burma, U Nu, with his colleagues who were mostly former members of democratically elected government which was forcefully dissolved by thecoup d'état ofNe Win, formed the League for Democracy and Peace (LDP). LDP contested the 1990 election but did not win any seats and was subsequently deregistered.

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