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The Nigerien Progressive Union (French: Union progressiste nigérienne, UPN) was a political party in Niger led by Georges Condat.
History
The party was founded on March 15, 1953, as a breakaway from the Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers (UNIS) over the issue of forming a united front with the Nigerien Progressive Party.
A joint list of UPN and the Nigerien Action Bloc (BNA) of Issoufou Saïdou Djermakoye received some 126,000 votes in the January 1956 French parliamentary elections. The list was the most voted-for, finishing in first place in seven provinces, and Condat won one of the two seats in the French National Assembly. The UPN later merged into BNA.
References
- Abdourahmane Idrissa; Samuel Decalo (1 June 2012). Historical Dictionary of Niger. Scarecrow Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0.
- ^ André Salifou (2010). Biographie politique de Diori Hamani, premier président de la république du Niger. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 77, 79, 267, 299. ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9.
- Emmanuel Grégoire (1986). Les Alhazai de Maradi (Niger): histoire d'un groupe de riches marchands sahéliens. IRD Editions. p. 19. ISBN 978-2-7099-0755-2.
- La francophonie des Pères fondateurs. KARTHALA Editions. 1 October 2008. p. 75. ISBN 978-2-8111-3032-9.
- ^ Klaas van Walraven (6 February 2013). The Yearning for Relief: A History of the Sawaba Movement in Niger. BRILL. pp. 76–77, 79, 324. ISBN 978-90-04-24575-4.
