Mauritanian Progressive Union

Political party in Mauritania

Mauritanian Progressive Union

Union progressiste mauritanienne

Abbreviation| UPM
Leader| Moktar Ould Daddah
Founded| February 1948 (February 1948)
Dissolved| 1958 (1958)
Merged into| Mauritanian Regroupment Party

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The Mauritanian Progressive Union (French: Union progressiste mauritanienne, UPM) was a political party in pre-independence Mauritania.

## History[edit]

The UPM was established in February 1948,[1] in order to form a more conservative and regionally-based opposition to the Mauritanian Entente party.[2] The first election contested by the party was the 1951 French National Assembly elections, in which its candidate Sidi el-Mokhtar N'Diaye defeated the incumbent MP Horma Ould Babana. The following year Moktar Ould Daddah became party leader.[3] The Territorial Assembly elections that year saw the UPM won 22 of the 24 seats.[4]

N'Diaye was re-elected in the 1956 French elections, receiving 84% of the vote. The 1957 Territorial Assembly elections saw the party win 33 of the 34 seats.[3]

In 1958 the party merged with the Mauritanian Entente and the Gorgol Democratic Bloc to form the Mauritanian Regroupment Party.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Anthony G. Pazzanita (2008) Historical Dictionary of Mauritania, Scarecrow Press, p5
2. ^ Pazzanita, p255
3. ^ a b Pazzanita, p6
4. ^ Mauritania: Postwar Reforms Library of Congress Country Studies
5. ^ Pazzanita, p393

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Political parties in Mauritania

Represented in the National Assembly (176 seats)|

| Government|

* El Insaf (107)
* UDP (10)

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Supporting|

* AND (6)
* El Islah (6)
* El Karama (5)
* Nida El Watan (5)
* HATEM (3)
* HIWAR (3)
* El Vadila (3)
* PMM (1)

Opposition|

* Tewassoul (11)
* Hope Mauritania (7)
* Sawab+ (5, including RAG)
* AJD/MR+ (4)
* State of Justice (1)

Represented in regional councils|

* UFP
* APP
* Ribat
* RFD
* El Ravah
* CAP
* PSJN
* PUD
* PRDR

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* PCP

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