Party of the French Union of Ivory Coast (french: Parti de l'Union française de Côte d'Ivoire, PUFCI) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in colonial

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. PUFCI was formed in 1951 through the merger of the

Progressive Party of Ivory Coast The Progressive Party of Ivory Coast (french: Parti Progressiste de Côte d'Ivoire) was a pro-France political party in Ivory Coast. History The party was established in 1946 as a successor to the Patriotic Action Committee of Ivory Coast (Comité ...

(PPCI) and

Entente of Independents of Ivory Coast Entente of Independents of Ivory Coast (french: Entente des Indépendents de Côte d'Ivoire, EDICI) was a splinter group of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI). EDICI was founded in Abidjan in the end of 1949. It was led by Vamé Doumouya a ...

(EDICI). The administrative secretary of PUFCI was Vamé Doumouya.

Sources

*Gbagbo, Laurent: ''Côte d'Ivoire, Pour une alternative démocratique''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1983. Defunct political parties in Ivory Coast Political parties in French West Africa 1951 establishments in Ivory Coast Political parties established in 1951 {{France-party-stub