Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots

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Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots
UPDP-Chamoua
Party leader André Salifou
founding December 11, 1990
Headquarters Niamey , Niger
Parliament seats 0 of 171

The Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots ( French : Union des Patriotes Démocrates et Progressistes-Chamoua , abbreviation: UPDP-Chamoua ) is a political party in Niger .

history

The Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots was founded by André Salifou as the first political party in Niger after the re - establishment of the multiparty system that was abolished in 1959 in November 1990 . Its party statutes were approved on December 11, 1990. The founding congress took place in Zinder in January 1992 . In the parliamentary elections of 1993 , the UPDP-Chamoua won 2 out of 83 seats. The party chairman Salifou was not allowed to run as a former president of parliament in the presidential elections of 1993 . Illa Kané competed for the UPDP Chamoua . Kané was fifth of eight candidates with a share of 2.55% of the vote. In the 1995 general election , the party won one of 83 seats. The UPDP-Chamoua, together with the major parties MNSD-Nassara and PNDS-Tarayya, formed the parliamentary opposition to President Mahamane Ousmane of the CDS-Rahama in a system of cohabitation . The parliamentary elections held in 1996 after President Ousmane was overthrown by a military coup were boycotted by the CDS-Rahama, MNSD-Nassara and PNDS-Tarayya parties, but not by the UPDP-Chamoua, which with four out of 83 seats was its best to date Result achieved. The new government was deposed in 1999. In the following presidential election in 1999 , André Salifou ran and was sixth of seven candidates with 2.08% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections of 1999 , the UPDP-Chamoua failed to re-enter and has not been represented in the National Assembly since then. The party supported the MNSD Nassara candidate Seini Oumarou in the 2011 presidential election , who was defeated by Mahamadou Issoufou of PNDS Tarayya.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 500 .
  2. ↑ a b c Elections in Niger. In: African Elections Database. October 30, 2011, accessed June 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 394 .
  4. ^ Emmanuel Grégoire: Cohabitation au Niger . In: Afrique contemporaine . No. 175 , 1995, pp. 47 ( PDF file [accessed June 16, 2015]).
  5. ↑ Daouda Hassane: Déclaration de l'Alliance pour la Réconciliation Nationale (ARN): une vingtaine de partis politiques accordent leur soutien au candidat du MNSD Nassara, M. Seini Oumarou ( Memento of December 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Le Sahel, February 22, 2011, accessed October 27, 2012 (French).