The Nigerien Progressive Union (, UPN) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

led by

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History

The party was founded on March 15, 1953, as a breakaway from the

Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers The Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers (, UNIS) was a political party in Niger. History UNIS was established in May 1948 by a mix of former members of the Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally, Nigerien Progressive ...

(UNIS) over the issue of forming a united front with the Nigerien Progressive Party. A joint list of UPN and the

Nigerien Action Bloc The Nigerien Action Bloc (, BNA) was a political party in Niger in 1955 and 1956 led by Issoufou Saidou Djermakoye, a traditional chief and former chairman of the Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN). History The party emerged from a split in the U ...

(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 National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...

. The UPN later merged into BNA.

References

{{Nigerien political parties Defunct political parties in Niger Political parties established in 1953 1953 establishments in Niger Political parties disestablished in 1956 1956 disestablishments in Niger