Union for People's Democracy

Union for People's Democracy
General SecretaryHamédine Racine Guissé
Founded1970s
Dissolved1991
Merged intoAnd-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Hoxhaism

Union for People's Democracy (French: Union pour la Démocratie Populaire) was an underground Hoxhaist political movement in Senegal that emerged in the 1970s, formed as a continuation of the Movement of Young Marxist-Leninists. Hamédine Racine Guissé was the general secretary of the organization. UDP published Voix du Peuple. On July 20, 1981 UDP was legalized. In 1983, UDP supported Mamadou Dia's presidential campaign.[1] The party recognized the Albanian Party of Labor as the leader of the international communist movement.[2]

In 1991 UDP merged into And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism.

References

  1. ^ Moegenburg, Ilka. Die Parteienlandschaft Im Senegal: Tragfähige Grundlage der Demokratisierung?. LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2002. p. 161-162
  2. ^ Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. pp. 410–411. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.


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