Dahomeyan Progressive Party

Dahomeyan Progressive Party

Parti Progressiste Dahoméen
Dahomeyan Progressive Party Parti Progressiste Dahoméen
Founder	Sourou-Migan Apithy; Hubert Maga
Founded	1958
Dissolved	1959
Merger of	Republican Party of Dahomey; Dahomeyan Democratic Rally
Succeeded by	Dahomeyan Unity Party
	Politics of Benin; Political parties; Elections;

The Dahomeyan Progressive Party (French: Parti Progressiste Dahoméen, PPD) was a short-lived political party in French Dahomey.

History

The party was established in 1958 as by the merger of the Republican Party of Dahomey led by Sourou-Migan Apithy and the Dahomeyan Democratic Rally led by Hubert Maga.^[1] It affiliated with the African Regroupment Party.^[1]

However, the party collapsed the following year due to internal disagreements over the future relationship with France. As a result, the two factions split back into the original parties.^[1] The following year they merged again, this time alongside the National Liberation Movement to form the Dahomeyan Unity Party.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p285
^ Houngnikpo & Decalo, p284

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[HDB-1] Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p285

[2] Houngnikpo & Decalo, p284

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