Uganda's largest opposition party. Party was launched by a former acolyte of President Yoweri Museveni, Kizza Besigye.
Besigye, a perennial presidential candidate of the FDC, lost his position as party president in November 2012 to Gen. Mugisha Muntu, who was himself defeated by Patrick Oboi Amuriat in November 2017
Party holds 33 seats in the Parliament [Swahili: Jukwaa la Mabadiliko ya Kidemokrasia (FDC)].