Mauritanian National Union

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The Mauritanian National Union (French : Union nationale mauritanienne, abbreviated UNM) was a political party in Mauritania. The party was founded in April 1959, as a merger between a dissident group in the Mauritanian Regroupment Party (PRM) and the Union of Natives of Southern Mauritania (UOMS). [1] [2] [3] The foundation of the party took place in the run-up to the May 1959 legislative elections. [4] Members of the party bureau of UNM included Hadrami Ould Khatrri (political secretary), Moussa Sall, Yacoub Ould Boumediana (chairman) and Ba Abdoul Aziz (administrative secretary). [4] [5] [6] [7] The UNM favoured unity with the neighbouring states in the Mali Federation. [1] [3] [8]

The party had most of its support from the Black populations of southern Mauritania. [9] The party could not contest the May 17, 1959 legislative elections, having been formed too soon before the polls. [10] [11] The party held its founding conference in July 1959, in Aïoun. [7] At the conference, the party declared itself as 'the Mauritanian section of the Party of the African Federation' (PFA), a move reciprocated in a greeting from the PFA bureau two months later. [7]

In February 1960 Hadrami, Yacoubi and Ba were arrested, charged with conspiring against the integrity of the state. [12] [6]

Once the Mali Federation collapsed, the jailed UNM leaders were released. [6] Subsequently the party moved closed to Moktar Ould Daddah. [3] [9] The party was pressured to align with PRM and on October 10, 1960 the two parties formed a united front. [11] [12] [10] At a meeting held on June 30, 1961 leaders of PRM, UNM and the former Nahda agreed to merge their parties. [13] Subsequently, the Mauritanian People's Party (PPM) was formed as the sole legal party in the country. [14]

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