Nigerien Democratic Union

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Nigerien Democratic Union
UDN
Party leader Djibo Bakary
founding March 28, 1954
resolution November 19, 1956
Headquarters Niger
newspaper Le Democrate

The Nigerien Democratic Union ( French : Union Démocratique Nigérienne , abbreviation: UDN ) was a political party in the French overseas territory of Niger .

history

Memorial stele for Djibo Bakary in Niamey, whose inscription honors him as the founder of the UDN

The UDN was founded on March 28, 1954 under the leadership of Djibo Bakary as a split from the Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN-RDA). Bakary had been General Secretary of the PPN-RDA, from which he was excluded because he did not want to accept the break between the African Democratic Collection (RDA) and the French Communist Party under Félix Houphouët-Boigny . On June 19, 1954, the first edition of the UDN party newspaper Le Démocrate appeared . The newly founded UDN, which built its power primarily on the trade unions in western Niger, declared itself to be the second Nigerian section of the RDA alongside the PPN-RDA. An RDA congress held in Conakry from July 8 to 11, 1955 , decided, however, to only recognize the PPN-RDA as a section of the RDA in Niger.

Niger held two seats in the French National Assembly . In the elections on January 2, 1956, Djibo Bakary missed entry into the National Assembly, but despite manipulations by the French administration in favor of Hamani Diori (PPN-RDA), he almost defeated it. On November 18, 1956, local elections were held for the first time in the Nigerien capital Niamey . The PPN-RDA won 13 seats, the UDN ten seats and the Nigerien Action Block (BNA) four seats. In a surprising maneuver, the UDN and BNA formed a party on November 19, and Bakary became the first mayor in Niamey's history. The new party was formed as the Nigerien section of the inter-territorial African Socialist Movement (MSA) and later took the name Sawaba .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 271.
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Schmidt: Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 . Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 2007, ISBN 978-0-8214-1763-8 , pp. 136-137.
  3. ^ François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori. Chronology 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 20 .
  4. ↑ a b Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th ed., Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , p. 85.
  5. ↑ Mamoudou Djibo: Les enjeux politiques dans la colonie du Niger (1944 to 1960) . In: Autrepart , No. 27/2003 ( online version ; PDF; 507 kB), p. 47.