The Popular Democratic Union (, , or UDP) is a
Marxist political movement in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. The UDP transformed itself into a political association at its 15th congress due to its merger with other left-wing parties in the
Left Bloc.
History
The party was founded in December 1974 as a common mass front of the
Committee for Support to the Reconstruction of the Party (Marxist–Leninist) (CARP(ML)),
Revolutionary Marxist–Leninist Unity (URML) and
Revolutionary Communist Committees (Marxist–Leninist). UDP ran lists in the
first free election in Portugal in 1975, and elected one MP in that election. UDP also ran in the subsequent elections until 1983. After that it ran integrated in the electoral lists of the
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português, , PCP) is a communist, Marxist–Leninist political party in Portugal based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself patriotic and internationalist,Portu ...
until 1991.
In 1998 it became part of the
Left Bloc after a merger with other small left-wing parties and movements, the
Revolutionary Socialist Party,
Politics XXI and the
Left Revolutionary Front.
The current president of People's Democratic Union is
Joana Mortágua (2010), 24 years old. Joana Mortágua was
Left Bloc candidate in the national legislative elections of 2009, electoral district of
Évora
Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District.
Due to its well-preserved old ...
and is member of the current Political Commission of Left Bloc.
References
External links
Official website
1974 establishments in Portugal
2005 disestablishments in Portugal
Defunct socialist parties in Portugal
Left Bloc (Portugal)
Left-wing parties
Political parties disestablished in 2005
Political parties established in 1974
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