Union for the Republic (Mauritania)

{{short description|Defunct political party in Mauritania}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Union for the Republic

| native_name = الاتحاد من أجل الجمهورية

| logo = Union for the Republic (Mauritania) Logo.svg

| logo_size = 150px

| colorcode = {{party color|Union for the Republic (Mauritania)}}

| leader =

| president = Sidi Mohamed Ould Taleb Omar

| founder = Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

| foundation = 5 May 2009{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8077496.stm|title=Q&A: Mauritania elections|date=17 July 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| dissolved = 3 July 2022

| successor = Equity Party

| ideology = Populism{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
Reformism{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
Economic liberalism{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

| position = Centre{{Cite web |last=Porges |first=Matthew |date=2019-06-14 |title=In Bir Moghrein |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/june/in-bir-moghrein |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=LRB Blog |publisher=London Review of Books |language=en}}{{Cite report |url=https://www.iemed.org/med-yearbook/iemed-mediterranean-yearbook-2014/ |title=IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2014 |date=2014 |publisher=European Institute of the Mediterranean |page=421 |issn=1698-3068 |access-date=24 August 2022}} to centre-right{{cite news |url=https://africaelects.com/mauritania/ |title=Mauritania - Africa Elects |newspaper=Africa Elects |access-date=2022-08-10}}{{better source needed|date=August 2022}}

| headquarters = Nouakchott

| international = Centrist Democrat International

| website = [http://www.upr.mr/ www.upr.mr]

| country = Mauritania

| native_name_lang = ar

| national = Coalition of the Majority

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The Union for the Republic ({{langx|ar|الاتحاد من أجل الجمهورية}}; {{langx|fr|Union pour la République}}, UPR) was a political party in Mauritania. The party was formed on 5 May 2009 by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after he resigned from the military, to run for President of Mauritania. Aziz resigned as chairman of the party on 2 August 2009 after winning the presidential election, as the President of Mauritania cannot be a member of any party.{{cite web|title=Mauritania's president-elect resigns as party leader|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/6717067.html|website=People's Daily Online}} The party also won 13 of the 17 seats up for re-election to the Mauritanian Senate in 2009, giving the UPR control of a total of 38 of the 53 Senate seats.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2208_E.htm |title=MAURITANIA (Majlis Al-Chouyoukh) |access-date=February 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209223413/http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2208_E.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Mauritania|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/186431.pdf|publisher=U.S. Department of State}}

As a result of the 2018 parliamentary election, UPR became the largest political party in Mauritania.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/mauritanias-ruling-party-wins-majority-parliament/2018/09/17/d6b51424-ba96-11e8-adb8-01125416c102_story.html|title=Mauritania's ruling party wins majority parliament|newspaper=Washington Post}} Four major political parties merged into the Union for the Republic after the election. On October 18, 2018, a month after the previous legislative election, the Unionist Party for the Construction of Mauritania voted to merge itself into the UPR.{{cite news|url= https://www.chezvlane.com/Le-parti-unioniste-pour-la-construction-de-la-Mauritanie-rejoint-l-UPR_a10913.html |title=Le parti unioniste pour la construction de la Mauritanie rejoint l'UPR |trans-title= The Unionist Party for the Construction of Mauritania joins the UPR |language= fr |newspaper= Chezvlane |date=2018-10-18 |access-date=2022-08-24}} On the 21st, Choura for Development adopted the same decision,{{cite AV media |date= October 21, 2018 |title= حزب الشورى من أجل التنمية يقرر الإندماج بحزب الإتحاد من أجل الجمهورية. |trans-title= The Choura for Development Party decides to merger in the Union for the Republic. |type= |language= Hassaniya Arabic |url= https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2319551868059311 |access-date= August 24, 2022 |format=Facebook Watch video |publisher= El Mourabitoun}} while centrist El Wiam, which used to be on the moderate opposition, did the same on the 29th.{{cite news|url=http://mfr.ami.mr/Depeche-46903.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207171628/http://mfr.ami.mr/Depeche-46903.html |archive-date=2018-12-07 |title= Annonce de la fusion du parti El Wiam dans l'UPR

|trans-title= Announcement of the fusion of El Wiam party into UPR |language= fr |newspaper= AMI (Mauritania News Agency) |date=2018-10-29 |access-date=2022-08-24}} The last party to merge into the UPR was the National Pact for Democracy and Development, which was the previous ruling party from 2007 until 2008's coup. PNDD-ADIL merged into the UPR on December 27, 2019.{{cite news|url= http://www.rimfeed.com/fr/archive/102925 |title= Politique: Adil intègre l'UPR (officiel) |trans-title= Politics: Adil joins the UPR (official) |language= fr |newspaper= Rimfeed |date=2019-12-27 |access-date=2022-08-24}}

The party refounded itself as the Equity Party on 3 July 2022.{{cite news|url=http://alakhbar.info/?q=node/41396|title=ولد أييه رئيسا للحزب الحاكم بعد تغيير اسمه وشعاره

|trans-title= Ould Eiye [is the] president of the governing party after its name and symbol change. |language=ar |newspaper=AlAkhbar.info |date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-07-04}}