Union for the New Republic

Union for the New Republic Union pour la nouvelle république
The Cross of Lorraine was the official symbol of the UNR.
President	Charles de Gaulle
General Secretary	Robert Poujade (last)
Founded	October 1, 1958 (1958-10-01)
Dissolved	1967 (1967)
Preceded by	National Centre of Social Republicans
Succeeded by	Union for the Defense of the Republic
Headquarters	Paris
Newspaper	La Lettre de la nation Magazine
Trade union	Union démocratique du travail
Ideology	Gaullism[1] Dirigisme Conservatism[2] Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing[3]
European affiliation	None
European Parliament group	Liberal and Allies Group[4] (1958-65) European Democratic Union (1965-67)
Colours	Blue and red
Party flag
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The Union for the New Republic (French: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR), was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections.

History

The UNR won 206 of 579 seats in the November 1958 elections.

In 1962, the UNR grouped with the Gaullist Democratic Union of Labour (French: Union démocratique du travail, UDT) to form the UNR-UDT. They won 233 seats out of 482, slightly less than an absolute majority. 35 Independent Republicans boosted their support.

In 1967, UNR candidates ran under the title Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la V^e République, UD-V^e), winning 200 out of 486 seats.

The UNR was renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic in 1968, and later Union of Democrats for the Republic in 1971.

Secretaries General of the UNR

• Roger Frey : 1958–1959
• Albin Chalandon : 1959
• Jacques Richard : 1959–1961
• Roger Dusseaulx : 1961–1962
• Louis Terrenoire : 1962
• Jacques Baumel : 1962–1967
• Robert Poujade : 1967–1969

UNR in the Senate

Under the Fifth Republic, 39 senators were affiliated to the UNR Group and 11 of them were Muslims or with Muslim origins.^[5]

• First Senate election : 37 seats ; 12,0%
• Second Senate election : 32 seats ; 11,7%
• Third Senate election : 30 seats ; 10,9%

Maurice Bayrou was the leader of the group in the Senate from October 1962 to October 1965.

See also

• Gaullist Party

References

1. ↑ Mény, Yves (2008), "France: The Institutionalisation of Leadership", Comparative European Politics (Third ed.), Routledge, p. 105 
2. ↑ Laponce, J. A. (1961), The Government of the Fifth Republic, University of California Press, p. 23 
3. ↑ Blondel, Jean (1974), Contemporary France: Politics, Society and Institutions, Methuen & Co, pp. 24–25 
4. ↑ UFE on Europe Politique
5. ↑ Groupe de l'Union pour la Nouvelle République