Dahomeyan Progressive Party
{{Infobox political party
| native_name = Parti Progressiste Dahoméen
| colorcode = brown
| foundation = 1958
| international =
| country = Benin
| founder = Sourou-Migan Apithy
Hubert Maga
| dissolved = 1959
| merger = Republican Party of Dahomey
Dahomeyan Democratic Rally
| merged =
| successor = Dahomeyan Unity Party
}}
{{Politics of Benin}}
The Dahomeyan Progressive Party ({{langx|fr|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.Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p285 It affiliated with the African Regroupment Party.
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. The following year they merged again, this time alongside the National Liberation Movement to form the Dahomeyan Unity Party.Houngnikpo & Decalo, p284
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{{Beninese political parties}}
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Category:Political parties disestablished in 1959
Category:Defunct political parties in Benin
Category:1958 establishments in French West Africa
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