People's Progressive Alliance (Mauritania)

People's Progressive Alliance
Alliance populaire progressiste
PresidentMessoud Ould Boulkheir
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyNasserism
Social democracy
Haratin interests
Political positionCentre-left
Seats in the National Assembly:
0 / 176
Website
APP website

The People's Progressive Alliance (French: Alliance populaire progressiste, APP) is a small political party in Mauritania.

The President of the APP is Messoud Ould Boulkheir,[1] who was a candidate in the November 2003 presidential election, which was won by President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.[2][3]

After Taya's ouster in August 2005, Boulkheir stood as the APP candidate again in the March 2007 presidential election.[1] In this election, held on March 11, he placed fourth, receiving 9.79% of the vote;[4] he subsequently backed Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi for the second round,[5] despite the participation of the APP in the Coalition of the Forces for Democratic Change along with the other second round candidate, Ahmed Ould Daddah.[6] Abdallahi won the election, and in April 2007, Boulkheir was elected as President of the National Assembly.[7]

The APP won 5 seats in the National Assembly of Mauritania in the 2006 parliamentary election, along with another two seats won jointly with the Mauritanian Party for Union and Change (HATEM).[8] In the government of Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane, named in April 2007, three members of the APP were appointed as ministers.[9] In the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate election, the APP won only one out of 56 seats.

On September 2, 2007, Boulkheir said that the APP would not join a new party being formed to support Abdallahi.[10]

Following the August 2008 military coup d'état, the APP, along with the pro-Abdallahi National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL), joined the four-party National Front for the Defense of Democracy, which opposed the coup.[11]

As of 2023, the APP party has no representation in the Mauritanian Parliament, it has zero seats.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Messoud Ould Boulkheir, candidat à la présidentielle mauritanienne de mars" Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, African Press Agency (lemauritanien.com), January 20, 2007 (in French).
  2. ^ "Ould Taya réélu dès le premier tour, son principal adversaire "à l'abri"". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2003-11-08. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  3. ^ ALM (2003-11-10). "Large victoire de Ould Taya". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  4. ^ "Le conseil constitutionnel proclame les résultats du premier tour de l'élection présidentielles du 11 mars 2007"[permanent dead link‍], Agence Mauritanienne d'Information, March 15, 2007 (in French).
  5. ^ "Debate between Mauritanian presidential candidates to be held on Friday", Maghrebia.com, March 20, 2007.
  6. ^ "How Sidi Ould Abdellahi won the Mauritanian presidential election"[permanent dead link‍], African Press Agency, March 27, 2007.
  7. ^ "L'Assemblée nationale élit M. Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, son président"[permanent dead link‍], AMI, April 26, 2007 (in French).
  8. ^ IPU page on 2006 parliamentary election (in French)
  9. ^ "Mauritanie: formation d'un nouveau gouvernement", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 28, 2007 (in French).
  10. ^ "Ould Belkheir refuse d'intégrer le nouveau parti présidentiel" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), September 3, 2007 (in French).
  11. ^ "Hundreds attend anti-coup rally in Mauritania" Archived 2008-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, August 8, 2008.
  12. ^ "MyCeni - Résultats 2023". res-myceni.org. Retrieved 2023-09-22.