The Liberia Unification Party was a

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Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

. The party fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005

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as part of the four-party Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia (COTOL). In the 19 July 1997

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, the party was part of the Alliance of Political Parties, which won 2 out of 64 seats in the

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. While international observers deemed the polls administratively free and transparent, they noted that it had taken place in an atmosphere of intimidation because most voters believed that former rebel leader and

National Patriotic Party The National Patriotic Party (NPP) is a political party in Liberia. It was formed in 1997 by members of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia following the end of the First Liberian Civil War. History The party contested the 1997 general elec ...

(NPP) candidate Charles Taylor would return to

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if defeated. On 1 April 2009, it merged into the ruling Unity Party.

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Defunct political parties in Liberia Political parties disestablished in 2009 {{Liberia-party-stub