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The Dahomeyan Unity Party (Template:Lang-fr, PDU) was a political party in French Dahomey.

History

The party was established in 1960 as by the merger of the Republican Party of Dahomey led by Sourou-Migan Apithy, the Dahomeyan Democratic Rally led by Hubert Maga and the National Liberation Movement led by Jean Pliya and Albert Teveodjré.[1] Chabi Mama became the party's secretary general.[2]

Changes to the electoral system made by Maga allowed the PDU to win all 60 seats in the Dahomeyan parliamentary election, 1960. The following year, the main opposition party, the Dahomeyan Democratic Union, was banned and its leader Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin imprisoned.[3]

The party was dissolved in 1963 after Hubert Maga was overthrown, and a new party, the Dahomeyan Democratic Party was formed by Apithy and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p285
  2. ^ a b Houngnikpo & Decalo , p283
  3. ^ Dictionary of African Biography, Oxford University Press, p139
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