The Patriotic Front for Progress (french: Front Patriotique pour le Progrès, FPP) is a

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in the

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. It is an observer member of the

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History

The FPP was established in 1991. It won seven seats in the

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in the 1993 general elections, emerging as the joint third-largest party. Its presidential candidate

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received 21.7% of the vote in the first round, progressing to the second round where he was defeated by Ange-Félix Patassé by a margin of 53–47%. The party won seven seats again in the 1998 parliamentary elections. In the

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the following year the party nominated Gouma again; he finished fourth out of ten candidates with 7% of the vote. In 2002, the party suspended its participation in the opposition coalition. In the 2005 general elections Goumba was the party's presidential candidate again, receiving only 2.5% of the vote and finishing sixth out of eleven candidates. In the parliamentary elections, the FPP was reduced to just two seats.Bozizé fait coup double aux élections
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won a seat. Goumba's son

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was elected by acclamation to succeed him as President of the FPP on 5 March 2006 at an extraordinary general assembly of the party. However, this was followed by an internal dispute; ultimately the Council of State recognized the legitimacy of Alexandre Goumba's election on 16 May 2008, and he was invested as FPP President on 4 October 2008. In 2010 the party joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections. Although it nominated 20 candidates,CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election
EISA it failed to win a seat.

References

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