The Union for Progress and Renewal (french: Union pour le Progrès et le Renouveau, UPR) is an opposition

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 ideological or p ...

in Guinea, founded in September 1998 through the merger of Siradio Diallo's Renewal and Progress Party and Ba Mamadou's Union for the New Republic. In the

parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

held on 30 June 2002, the party won 26.63% of the popular vote and 20 out of 114 seats. A section of the party boycotted the 2002 election, and it later joined the

Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea The Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (french: Union des forces démocratiques de Guinée, UFDG) is a social-liberal political party in Guinea. The party was founded in 1991 by a number of opposition parties and groups. In October 2002 it was ...

. The UPR is led by Bah Ousmane. It joined the government of Prime Minister

Ahmed Tidiane Souaré Ahmed Tidiane Souaré (born 1951

, which was formed on June 19, 2008, receiving one post, that of Minister of Livestock and Animal Protection.

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