People's Front for Unity and Peace

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The People's Front for Unity and Peace (French: Front Populaire de l'Unite et la Paix, FPUP) was a political party in Cameroon.

History

The party was established as a Bamileke-dominated breakaway from the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon, with its leaders including former ministers Pierre Kamden Ninyim, Wandji Nkuimy, Philippe Achinguy and Victor Kanga.^[1] In the 1960 elections it received 10.8% of the vote, winning 19 seats and becoming the second-largest party in the National Assembly after the Cameroonian Union (UC).^[2]

In 1961 the party merged into the UC.^[1]

References

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