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The National Democratic Congress is a liberal party in Grenada. The party's leader is Tillman Thomas, while Peter David is its General Secretary. It is currently the governing party; previously, it was the governing party from 1990 to 1995.
The party was founded in 1987, as an opposition party against the conservative government that came to power in 1984 following the end of the communist government by American intervension. It won the 1990 election, with Nicholas Brathwaite becoming Prime Minister. It lost power to the New National Party (NNP) in the 1995 election, which occurred shortly after Brathwaite's resignation. The NDC was thereafter in opposition for 13 years. It failed to win any seats in the 1999 election, but only narrowly lost the election held on 27 November 2003, in which it won 45.6% of the popular vote and seven of the 15 seats.
In the July 2008 general election, the NDC won 11 out of 15 seats, and party leader Tillman Thomas became Prime Minister.
The party was affiliated to the former Central American liberal organisation FELICA.
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