The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT; Tajik: Ҳизби халқии демократии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Hizbi xalqii demokratii Tojikiston; Russian: Народная демократическая партия Таджикистана, romanized: Narodnaya demokraticheskaya partiya Tadzhikistana) has been the dominant and ruling party of Tajikistan since 1994. Founded in 1994 by Abdulmajid Dostiev as the People's Party of Tajikistan, the seat of the party is located in the Palace of Unity in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.^[1] Since April 1998, the leader of the party has been the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon.

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People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan Ҳизби халқии демократии Тоҷикистон
Abbreviation	PDPT (English) HXDT (Tajik) NDPT (Russian)
Leader	Emomali Rahmon
Founder	Abdulmajid Dostiyev
Founded	10 December 1994 (1994-12-10)
Headquarters	Kohi Vahdat, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Newspaper	Minbari Khalq (People's Tribune)
Youth wing	Sozandagoni Vatan (Creators of the Motherland)
Ideology	Tajik nationalism Secularism Statism Authoritarianism
Colours	Red   White   Green   Orange
Assembly of Representatives	47 / 63
Website
hamsafon.tj
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According to the party's charter, the PDPT is aimed at creating a "sovereign, democratic, secular, socially-oriented and unitary state with a stable economy". The statute also refers to "hopes for improving the well-being of society, protecting the interests of citizens, regardless of their social status, nationality or religious preferences".^[2][3] The party stands for a secular state and society and is also considered to be Tajik nationalist, statist and authoritarian.

The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan has bilateral cooperation with foreign political parties including the Russia's ruling party United Russia,^{[citation needed]} with the ruling Amanat in Kazakhstan,^[4] with the ruling New Azerbaijan Party,^[5] and with the Communist Party of China.^[6]

The party newspaper of the PDPT is Minbari Khalq (People's Tribune), published in Tajik, Russian and Uzbek languages twice a week, with a circulation of approximately 30,000 copies. Additionally, the party publishes socio-political magazines, including Mehvar and other magazines.^{[citation needed]}