Union for the Republic (Mauritania)

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]

Union for the Republic

الإتحاد من أجل الجمهورية
PresidentMohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine
Vice PresidentMohamed Yahya Ould Horma[1]
Founded2009[2]
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyPopulism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationCoalition of the Majority
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Seats in the National Assembly:
97 / 157
Website
www.upr.mr

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

Electoral history

Presidential Elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2009 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz 409,100 52.58% Elected Y
2014 577,995 81.89% Elected Y
2019 Mohamed Ould Ghazouani 483,312 52.01% Elected Y

National Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position
2013 Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine 127,580 21.34%
75 / 146
 75 1st
2018 136,809 19.47%
97 / 157
 22 1st

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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