Union for the Republic (Mauritania)

Union for the Republic
الإتحاد من أجل الجمهورية
President Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine
Vice President Mohamed Yahya Ould Horma[1]
Founded 2009[2]
Headquarters Nouakchott
Ideology Populism
Political position Centre
National affiliation Coalition of the Majority
International affiliation Centrist Democrat International
Seats in the National Assembly:
97 / 157
Website
www.upr.mr

The Union for the Republic (UPR) (Arabic: الإتحاد من أجل الجمهورية‎; French: Union pour la République) is a political party in Mauritania. The party was formed in 2009 by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after he resigned from the military to run for President of Mauritania. Aziz resigned as chairman of the party on 2 August 2009 after winning the presidential election, as the President of Mauritania cannot be a member of any party.[3] The party also won 13 of the 17 seats up for re-election to the Mauritanian Senate in 2009, giving the UPR control of a total of 38 of the 53 Senate seats.[4][5]

As a result of the 2018 parliamentary election, UPR has become the largest political party in Mauritania.[6]

Electoral history

Presidential Elections

Election date Party candidate Number of votes received Percentage of votes
2009 Mohamed Ould Abdel Azi 409,100 52.58%
2014 Mohamed Ould Abdel Azi 577,995 81.89%

Parliamentary Elections

Election date Party leader Number of votes received Percentage of votes Number of seats
2013 Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine 690.492 Not released
75 / 146
2018 Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine TBA TBA
97 / 157

Leaders of the Union for the Republic

References

  1. ↑ http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2012/11/07/feature-04
  2. ↑ "Q&A: Mauritania elections". 17 July 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Mauritania's president-elect resigns as party leader". People's Daily Online.
  4. ↑ "MAURITANIA (Majlis Al-Chouyoukh)". Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mauritania" (PDF). U.S. Department of State.
  6. ↑ "Mauritania's ruling party wins majority parliament". Washington Post.


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