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The '''Forum for Democracy and Development''' (FDD) is a political party in [[Zambia]]. 

==History==
The FDD was founded in 2001 by former members of the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD), disaffected by [[Frederick Chiluba]]'s efforts to change the constitution to allow him to stand for a third term.<ref name=HDZ>{{cite book|editor-first=David J.|editor-last=Simon|editor2-first=James R.|editor2-last=Pletcher|editor3-first=Brian V.|editor3-last=Siegel|title=Historical Dictionary of Zambia|series=African Historical Dictionaries|volume=106|location=Metuchen, New Jersey|publisher=Scarecrow Press|edition=3rd|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8108-5305-8|contribution=National Citizen's Coalition (NCC)|pages=333}}</ref> In the [[Zambian general election, 2001|2001 general elections]] it nominated [[Christon Tembo]] as its presidential candidate; Tembo finished third in a field of eleven candidates with 13% of the vote. In the [[National Assembly (Zambia)|National Assembly]] elections the party received 16% of the vote, winning12 seats. Three FDD politicians were later invited by President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] to serve in a 'unity cabinet', and expelled from the party for accepting the invitation. 

In 2005 the FDD chose [[Edith Nawakwi]], a former MMD minister, as its president. However, in 2006 the government de-registered the FDD, on the grounds that it had failed to submit an annual report. The FDD subsequently joined the [[United Democratic Alliance (Zambia)|United Democratic Alliance]], which put forward [[United Party for National Development]] leader [[Hakainde Hichilema]] as its presidential candidate for the [[Zambian general election, 2006|2006 general elections]].<ref name=HDZ/> Hilchema finished third with 25% of the vote, whilst the UDA won 24 seats in the National Assembly, down from the combined 74 the alliance's member parties had won in 2001.

The FDD did not nominate a candidate for the [[Zambian presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential by-election]], but put forward Nawakwi for the [[Zambian general election, 2011|2011 general elections]]. She received 0.2% of the vote, finishing seventh out of the nine candidates. The party won a single seat in the National Assembly, [[Chifumu Banda]] in [[Chasefu]]. Nawakwi ran for the presidency again in the [[Zambian presidential election, 2015|2015 presidential by-election]], finishing third with 0.9% of the vote.

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{{Zambian political parties}}

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