The Progressive Party of Ivory Coast (french: Parti Progressiste de Côte d'Ivoire) was a pro-France

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 ...

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 ...

History

The party was established in 1946 as a successor to the Patriotic Action Committee of Ivory Coast (Comité d'Action Patriotique de la Côte d'Ivoire, CAPACI), which had supported Kouamé Benzème in the French National Assembly elections in 1945. The main leaders of the PPCI were Kacou Aoulou, Joseph Coffi, Julien Yacobi and Etty Arthur. In 1951 PPCI merged with

Entente of Independents of Côte d'Ivoire 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) to form the

Party of the French Union of Côte d'Ivoire Party of the French Union of Ivory Coast (french: Parti de l'Union française de Côte d'Ivoire, PUFCI) was a political party in colonial Ivory Coast. PUFCI was formed in 1951 through the merger of the Progressive Party of Ivory Coast The Progres ...

(PUFCI).

References

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