The United Ghana Movement is a political party in Ghana. The founder is

Charles Wereko-Brobby Charles Wereko-Brobby popularly known as Tarzan (born 27 March 1953) is a Ghanaian engineer, politician, diplomat and businessman in Ghana. He was once the chief executive officer of Ghana's Volta River Authority, then the country's major power ge ...

, formerly a leading member of the

New Patriotic Party , logo = , colorcode = #132f7a , founder = , founded = 28 July 1992 , dissolved = , leader = Nana Akufo-Addo , chairman = Stephen Ayensu Ntim Stephen Ntim elected NPP National Chairman on fifth attempt http://www.gna.org.gh/1.2152672 ...

Registration

The party was officially registered with the

Electoral Commission of Ghana The Electoral Commission of Ghana(EC) is the official body in Ghana responsible for all public elections. Made up of seven members, its independence is guaranteed by the 1992 Ghana constitution. The current commission was established by the Elec ...

as a political party in Ghana on 10 January 1997.

Electoral performance

2000 elections

The first general elections the party contested were the presidential and parliamentary elections of December 2000. Charles Wereko-Brobby stood for president on the party's ticket in December 2000 and came seventh with 0.3% of the popular vote. The party also contested the parliamentary elections in the same year but won no seats.

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

Party on vacation

In 2002, the leader of the party, Wereko-Brobby announced that the party is on vacation.

Symbols

The party symbols are as follows: *Motto - Growing people for Ghana's development. *Symbol - A clenched fist of the hand with the index and middle fingers raised together. *Colours - Blue, White and Green

References

External links

UGM information on Ghana Review International
1997 establishments in Ghana Political parties established in 1997 Political parties in Ghana {{Ghana-party-stub