Union for People's Democracy (French: Union pour la Démocratie Populaire) was an underground Maoist 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]
Union for People's Democracy | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary | Hamédine Racine Guissé |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Merged into | And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Maoism |
In 1991 UDP merged into And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism.
References edit
- ^ Moegenburg, Ilka. Die Parteienlandschaft Im Senegal: Tragfähige Grundlage der Demokratisierung?. LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2002. p. 161-162
- ^ Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. pp. 410–411. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.
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