Our Development Party

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| name = Our Development Party

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| leader = Charles Able

| president = Andrew Terry{{Cite web|url=http://www.ippcc.gov.pg/parties.html|title=Parties|website=www.ippcc.gov.pg|access-date=2019-05-31}}

| presidium =

| secretary = Habia Babe

| spokesperson =

| founder = Puka Temu and Andy Kenemu

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| country = Papua New Guinea

| seats1_title = National Parliament

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|118|{{party color|Our Development Party}}}}

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The Our Development Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

The party was co-founded in 2011, after the O'Neill Government ousted the Somare Government, by Sir Puka Temu and Andy Kenemu. At the time, it had 25 members in the National Parliament.

In the 2017 elections, the party won two seats, held by Francis Maneke and Temu. Both MPs left the party during the parliamentary term.

As of May 2019, the party had 2 seats in the National Parliament. It is led by Temu, who is its sole MP. Temu returned to the party on 15 May 2019 after leaving People's National Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://emtv.com.pg/sir-puka-temu-returns-to-our-development-party/|title=Sir Puka Temu Returns to Our Development Party|last=Kora|first=Annette|website=EMTV Online|date=14 May 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-31}}

On 31 May 2019, former Deputy Prime Minister Charles Abel resigned from People‘s National Congress to join the party.

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