Union for Progress (Republic of the Congo)

The Union for Progress (Union pour le Progrès, UP) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won 2 out of 137 seats.^[1] Jean-Martin Mbemba, who currently serves in the government as Minister of State for the Civil Service and State Reform, has been the President of the UP since it was founded in October 1990.^[2]

References

↑ For detailed results see Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007 and "L'alliance présidentielle occupe 125 des 137 sièges parlementaires", Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), August 25, 2007 (French).
↑ Mbemba CV Archived June 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. at ofpa.net (French).

Political parties in the Republic of the Congo

Parliament	Congolese Party of Labour (47) Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (11) Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (11) Action Movement for Renewal (5) Movement for Solidarity and Development (3) Club 2002 (3) Take Action for Congo (3) New Democratic Forces (3) Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress (2) Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (2) Union for the Republic (2) Union for Progress (2) Union for Democracy and the Republic (1) Union of Democratic Forces (1) Movement for Democracy and Progress (1) Youth in Movement (1) Citizen Rally (1) The Life Party (1)

Other parties	Convention for Democracy and Salvation United Democratic Forces Union for Democratic Renewal Rally for Democracy and Development

Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of the Republic of the Congo

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