Siglas:
PPP
Name: Partai Persatuan Penbangunan / United Development Party
Year founded: 1973
Ideology: Moderate islamist
Current leader & function: Drs. H. Suryadharma Ali, currently minister of Religious Affairs
Number of seats in parliament: 38
Currently in government or in opposition: government
Legal status: political party/ legal
Link to official party website: www.ppp.or.id
Observations: The PPP was established in 1973 after the merging of four islamist parties: Nahdatul Ulama (NU), Muslim Party of Indonesia (Parmusi), the Islamic Association Party of Indonesia (PSII) and the Islamic Educational Movement (Perti).