Union of Progressive Surinamese
Political party in Suriname
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The Union of Progressive Surinamese (Dutch: Unie van Progressieve Surinamers) was a political party in Suriname. It was founded in 2003 by Henry Ori, who was the party's chairman during its whole existence.[1][2] At the 2005 Surinamese general election, in an alliance with the Party for Democracy and Development through Unity, the party won 4.9% of the popular vote and no seats in the National Assembly.[3] During the 2010 elections, the union was one of the four parties in the People's Alliance (VolksAlliantie) before the elections),[4] in which Paul Somohardjo's Pertjajah Luhur (PL) participated as the largest party,[5] where it again failed to secure a seat. In 2013, the party under Ori merged into the Progressive Reform Party (VHP).[2]
