Union for People's Democracy
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General SecretaryHamédine Racine Guissé
Founded1970s
Dissolved1991
Union for People's Democracy | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary | Hamédine Racine Guissé |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Merged into | And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism |
Union for People's Democracy (French: Union pour la Démocratie Populaire) was an underground Hoxhaist political movement in Senegal 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.[1] The party recognized the Albanian Party of Labor as the leader of the international communist movement.[2]
In 1991 UDP merged into And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism.
