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CDI

July 2009

PPD 2008 participants elected to parliament in the April 2009 Indonesian election: Ms Ledia Hanifa Moechsoen was elected to the Indonesian House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Republik Indonesia (DPR-RI)) for the Prosperous Justice Party, and Mr Luhur Pambudi was elected to the Central Java local district parliament.

Political Party Development Course 2008

April 2009

Mr John-Paul Langbroek, Member for Surfers Paradise in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, was elected the leader of the Queensland Liberal National Party (LNP) on 2 April 2009. Along with Labor MLA John English, he participated in CDI's 2007 Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, which focussed on the role of parliament in managing conflicts, and gave parliamentarians from around the Pacific region, Timor-Leste, Australia and New Zealand the opportunity to exchange views and engage with fellow political practitioners.

2007 Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue

March 2008:

PPD 2007 participant Liew Chin Tong was elected to the Penang state parliament in the recent Malaysian election.

January 2008:

PPD 2007 participant Mr Gabriel Suri was appointed acting Solomon Islands Attorney General. The appointment given to Mr. Suri was a Cabinet decision officially made in January 2008 and is valid for six months during which the government will advertise the post.

Political Party Development Course 2007

October 2007:

Timor-Leste PPD 2007 participant Cristiano DA COSTA was elected to parliament in 2007 and appointed Vice Minister responsible for the Economy and Development, while PPD 2006 Timor-Leste participant Mariano SABINO LOPES MP was appointed Timor-Leste Minister of Agriculture in 2007.

As Secretary of the National Alliance Party (NA) in PNG, PPD 2006 participant Joyce Grant was the NA campaign manager for the 2007 PNG national election which saw the NA returned to government.

Political Party Development Course 2006


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	Crawford School of Economics and Government	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific	The Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) is a government-funded body that supports the efforts of new democracies in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen their political systems. It provides training, technical assistance and peer support for parliamentarians and emerging leaders in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. The Australian Government established CDI in 1998. It is funded primarily by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). One of the primary ways in which CDI works to promote democracy is through strengthening parliamentary governance and political parties. The Centre focusses on parliamentary and political party development, and conducts flagship training courses and policy-relevant research on these subjects.
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