Comorian Union for Progress
Comorian Union for Progress اتحاد جزر القمر من أجل التقدم Union Comorienne pour le Progrès Udzima Founded 1982 Dissolved 1996 Headquarters Moroni, Comoros Ideology Nationalism Politics of Comoros Political parties Elections The Comorian Union for Progress (Comorian: Udzima , lit. Unity ; [1] French: Union Comorienne pour le Progrès , UCP) is a political party in the Comoros. History In 1978, French mercenary Bob Denard staged a coup d'etat against the socialist government of Ali Soilih, bringing Ahmed Abdallah back to power. In February 1982, Abdallah banned all existing political parties and created the UCP. In subsequent elections a month later, the UCP won 37 of 38 seats in the National Assembly, with the other seat going to an independent. In the 1987 parliamentary elections the UCP won all 42 seats. Another coup by Denard in 1989 brought Said Mohamed Djohar, who was also part of the UCP. Multi-party politics was introduced in 1990 and Djoh...