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Union for People's Democracy () was an underground Hoxhaist political movement in
Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
that emerged in the 1970s, formed as a continuation of the Movement of Young Marxist-Leninists. Hamédine Racine Guissé was the general secretary of the organization. UDP published ''Voix du Peuple''. On July 20, 1981 UDP was legalized. In 1983, UDP supported Mamadou Dia's presidential campaign.Moegenburg, Ilka. ''Die Parteienlandschaft Im Senegal: Tragfähige Grundlage der Demokratisierung?''. LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2002. p. 161-162 The party recognized the Albanian Party of Labor as the leader of the international communist movement. In 1991 UDP merged into And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism.


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