Union of Democrats for the Republic
| Union of Democrats for the Republic | |
|---|---|
| Union des Démocrates pour la République | |
| President | Yves Guéna |
| Founder | Charles de Gaulle |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Dissolved | 1976 |
| Preceded by | Union for the New Republic |
| Succeeded by | Rally for the Republic |
| Ideology |
Gaullism Conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing[1][2] |
| European Parliament group | European Democratic Union |
| Colours | Blue, red |
|
Politics of France Political parties Elections | |
The Union for the Defence of the Republic (1968, French: Union pour la défense de la République) or Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1976, French: Union des Démocrates pour la République), commonly abbreviated UDR, was a Gaullist[3][4] political party of France that existed from 1968 to 1976.
The UDR was the successor to Charles de Gaulle's earlier party, the Rally of the French People, and was organised in 1958, along with the founding of the Fifth Republic as the Union for the New Republic (UNR), and in 1962 merged with the Democratic Union of Labour, a left-Gaullist group. In 1967 it was joined by some Christian Democrats to form the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic, later dropping the 'Fifth'. After the May 1968 crisis, it formed a right-wing coalition named Union for the Defense of the Republic (UDR); it was subsequently renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic, retaining the abbreviation UDR, in October 1968.
It survived de Gaulle's death by only six years. It dissolved in 1976, and its successor was the Rally for the Republic (RPR) founded by Jacques Chirac.
Secretaries-general
- 1968–71: Robert Poujade
- 1971–72: René Tomasini
- 1972–73: Alain Peyrefitte
- 1973–74: Alexandre Sanguinetti
- 1974–75: Jacques Chirac
- 1975–76: André Bord
- 1976: Yves Guéna
See also
References
- ↑ Goodliffe, Gabriel (2012), The Resugence of the Radical Right in France: From Boulangisme to the Front National, Cambridge University Press, p. 250
- ↑ Blondel, Jean (1974), Contemporary France: Politics, Society and Institutions, Methuen & Co, p. 24-25
- ↑ Alexandra Hughes; Alex Hughes; Keith A Reader; Keith Reader (11 March 2002). Encyclopaedia of Contemporary French Culture. Routledge. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-134-78865-1.
- ↑ D. L. Hanley; Miss A P Kerr; N. H. Waites (17 August 2005). Contemporary France: Politics and Society Since 1945. Routledge. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-134-97423-8.