Peace and Development Party

{{short description|Political party in Somalia}}

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{{Infobox political party

| country = Somalia

| name = Peace and Development Party

| native_name = Xisbiga Nabadda Iyo Horumarka

| leader =

| foundation = 2011

| founder = Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

| dissolved = 4 October 2018

| logo = PDP Som logo.png

| logo_size = 200px

| ideology = Islamism
Islamic democracy
Social conservatism
Economic liberalism

| successor = Union for Peace and Development Party

| position =

| headquarters = Mogadishu

| seats1_title =

| seats1 =

| website = {{URL|pdp.so}}

| colorcode = #32cd32

}}

The Peace and Development Party (PDP, {{langx|so|Xisbiga Nabadda Iyo Horumarka}}) was a political party in Somalia. It was established in April 2011 by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia from 2012 to 2017.{{cite news|last=Mohamed|first=Mahmoud|title=Profiles of Somalia's top presidential candidates|url=http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/features/2012/08/17/feature-02|accessdate=21 August 2012|newspaper=Sabahi|date=17 August 2012}} PDP members unanimously elected him as the party's Chairman in April 2011, with a mandate to serve as leader for the next three years.{{cite news|last=Willy|first=Nasongo|title=Somalia: new independent political party leader|url=http://english.alshahid.net/archives/20024|accessdate=10 September 2012|newspaper=Alshahid|date=20 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812080825/http://english.alshahid.net/archives/20024|archivedate=12 August 2013}} The party's leadership also has ties with Al-Islah, Somalia's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.{{cite news|last1=Harper|first1=Mary|title=Will President Mohamud be able to tame Somalia?|url=http://wardheernews.com/News_2012/Sept/11_Will_President_Mohamud_b_%20able_to_tame_Somalia.html|accessdate=23 August 2014|agency=BBC|date=11 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920002123/http://wardheernews.com/News_2012/Sept/11_Will_President_Mohamud_b_%20able_to_tame_Somalia.html|archive-date=20 September 2012|url-status=dead}}

In October 2019, the PDP joined the Forum for National Parties, an alliance of Somali political parties which have agreed to work together to resolve Somalia's political and security issues.{{fact|date=February 2025}}