The Progressive People's Party (PPP) is a political party in

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 ...

. In the 1997

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, PPP presidential candidate

Chea Cheapoo Chea Cheapoo, Sr. (2 November 1942 – 16 September 2020) was a Liberian politician who served as the Chief Justice of Liberia#List of chief justices, 15th Chief Justice of Liberia, chief justice of Liberia from July 1987 until his impeachment and ...

won 0.34% of the vote while the party failed to win any seats in the

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. Cheapoo was formerly a leading member of the

Progressive Alliance of Liberia The Progressive Alliance of Liberia (PAL) was an opposition political movement formed in 1975 in Liberia led by group of Liberians from the United States and local students. The Political Education Team of the organization was organized, prepared ...

(PAL) opposition party during the 1970s and its successor, the Progressive People's Party, during the early 1980s. It did not file candidates in the 11 October 2005

, but Cheapoo was once again the party's candidate for president in 2011, winning 0.3% of the vote and no seats in the legislature. Its current status is unclear.

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