Socialist Democratic Unionist Party

For political parties with similar names, see Democratic Unionist Party (disambiguation).

Socialist Democratic Unionist Party Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste

Secretary-General	Mahfouz Weld al-Azizi
Slogan	Unity, Democracy, Socialism
Founded	20 September 1994
Ideology	Ba'athism
National affiliation	National Front of Mauritania
Colors	Black, Red, Green
Seats in the National Assembly:	1 / 146
Seats in the Senate:	0 / 56
Politics of Mauritania Political parties Elections

The Socialist Democratic Unionist Party (PUDS) (Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste) is an Arab nationalist political party in Mauritania. As of 2013, the party is led by Mahfouz Weld al-Aziz.^[1]

History

The party was founded on 20 September 1994 by a mixture of Arab nationalists and members of a secret Ba'ath party association in Mauritania. The party name was inspired by the slogan of the Ba'ath party: "Unity, Liberty, Socialism," because Mauritanian electoral law prevents a party's from sharing the name of non-Mauritanian parties. The partys first conference, held in Noukachott on 11 July 2010, was attended by Abdullah al-Ahmar, the Assistant Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.^[2]

The party won 1 seat in the 19 November and 3 December 2006 elections.

Ideology

The party has strongly supported the Syrian government during the Syrian Civil War,^[3] and is a member of the National Front of Mauritania; an association of other Mauritanian parties supportive of the Syrian government. The other parties in the Front include the Socialist Party, the Popular Front movement, the Welfare Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the Reform Party.^[4]

The party slogan is "Unity, Democracy, Socialism."^[5]

References

Political parties in Mauritania

With seats	Union for the Republic (75) Tewassoul (16) El Wiam (10) People's Progressive Alliance (7) El Karam (6) Union for Democracy and Progress (6) Burst of Youth for the Nation (4) APJD/MPR (4) El Vadila (3) Party of Unity and Development (3) Ravah Party (3) Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (3) Democratic Justice Party (1) Democratic People's Party (1) Dignity and Action Party (1) El Islah (1) Party of Mauritanian Authenticity (1) Socialist Democratic Unionist Party (1)

Without seats	Alternative Democratic Renovation Mauritanian Party of Union and Change Mauritanian Popular Front National Rally for Democracy, Liberty and Equality Rally for Democracy and Unity Rally of Democratic Forces Sawab Union of the Democratic Center Union of the Forces of Progress

Banned	Action for Change Hizb ut-Tahrir Mauritanian People's Party National Vanguard Party (Ba'ath Party) Union of Democratic Forces

Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Mauritania

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 17, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.