The Union for the Progress of Guinea (french: Union pour le Progrès de la Guinée, UPG) 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 political ideology ...

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

. 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 4.1% of the popular vote and 3 out of 114 seats. The UPG was led for years by

Jean-Marie Doré Jean-Marie Doré (12 June 1938 – 29 January 2016) was a Guinean politician who was the Prime Minister of Guinea from January 2010 until December 2010. Doré, who was the President of the Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG), was an opposition ...

, who unsuccessfully ran for President in 1993 and 1998. It held one position in the government of Prime Minister

Ahmed Tidiane Souaré Ahmed Tidiane Souaré (born 1951

, which was appointed on June 19, 2008."Entrée timide de l'opposition dans le nouveau gouvernement"
Agence France-Presse, June 20, 2008 .

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