Mauritanian Progressive Union

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

History

The UPM was established in February 1948,[1] in order to form a more conservative and regionally-based opposition to the Mauritanian Agreement 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 Agreement and the Gorgol Democratic Bloc to form the Mauritanian Regroupment Party.[5]>

References

  1. ↑ Anthony G. Pazzanita (2008) Historical Dictionary of Mauritania, Scarecrow Press, p5
  2. ↑ Pazzanita, p255
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pazzanita, p6
  4. ↑ Mauritania: Postwar Reforms Library of Congress Country Studies
  5. ↑ Pazzanita, p393