Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North

Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North

Union des Chefs et des Populations du Nord
Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North Union des Chefs et des Populations du Nord
Abbreviation	UCPN
Founded	1951
Dissolved	October 1959
Split from	Committee of Togolese Unity
Merged into	Democratic Union of the Togolese People
	Politics of Togo; Political parties; Elections;

The Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North (French: Union des Chefs et des Populations du Nord, UCPN) was a political party in Togo.

History

The party was established in 1951 as an organisation representing traditional chiefs and notables from northern Togoland,^[1] and was allied with the pro-French Togolese Party of Progress (PTP).^[2] In the December 1951 Representative Assembly elections it won 12 of the 24 Second College seats.^[3] In the 1952 elections it won 15 of the 30 seats. It won 15 seats again in the 1955 elections, but was reduced to ten seats in the 1958 elections as the Assembly was increased in size to 46 seats.

In October 1959 the party merged with the PTP to form the Democratic Union of the Togolese People.^[4]

^ Renate Helm (2004) Politische Herrschaft in Togo: das Problem der Demokratisierung, LIT Verlag Münster, p62
^ Nicoué Lodjou Gayibor *2011) Histoire des Togolais: Des origines aux années 1960. Le refus de l'ordre colonial, Volume 4, KARTHALA Editions, p579
^ Démocratie coloniale et mascarades électorales au Togo Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire - Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux
^ Helm, p63

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