The Socialist Democratic Unionist Party (french: Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste, PUDS) is an

Arab nationalist Arab nationalism ( ar, القومية العربية, al-Qawmīya al-ʿArabīya) is a nationalist ideology that asserts the Arabs are a nation and promotes the unity of Arab people, celebrating the glories of Arab civilization, the language an ...

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Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

. As of 2013, the party is led by Mahfouz Ould al-Aziz.

History

The party was founded on 20 September

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by a mixture of Arab nationalists and members of a secret Ba'ath party association in

. 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 party's first conference, held in Noukachott on 11 July 2010, was attended by

Abdullah al-Ahmar Abdullah Al-Ahmar ( ar, عبدالله الأحمر) (born 6 June 1936) is a Syrian politician and prominent member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. Biography Born at Al-Tall, Ahmar joined the Ba'ath Party in the 1950s and graduated from t ...

, the Assistant Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. The party won a seat in the 19 November and 3 December 2006

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Ideology

The party has strongly supported the Syrian government throughout the Syrian Civil War, 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. The party slogan is "Unity, Democracy, Socialism."

References

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