The United Democratic Forces (, FDU) was a

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led by Mathurin Nago.

History

In response to president

Yayi Boni Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1 July 1951) is a Beninese banker and politician who was the president of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the 2006 Beninese presidential election, March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to ...

's potential constitution change to allow him to run for a third term, Nago left the

Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin The Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (, FCBE) is a political party of Benin, formed by supporters of president Yayi Boni. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won 35 out of 83 seats. The party expanded its plurality t ...

. The FDU was established on 9 February 2015 as an alliance of the

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, the

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and the Party for Democracy and Solidarity, all of which had previously been part of the

. The alliance won four seats in the 2015 parliamentary elections. In December 2018, prior to the 2019 parliamentary elections, the alliance merged into the Progressive Union.Naissance de l’Union progressiste: Plusieurs dizaines de partis politiques « enterrés »
La Nation, 4 December 2018

References

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