National Unity Party (Central African Republic)

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The National Unity Party (French: Parti de l'Unité Nationale, PUN) is a political party in the Central African Republic.

History

The party was established in 1997.

presidential elections the following year the party nominated Jean-Paul Ngoupandé as its candidate. Ngoupandé, who had briefly served as president from June 1996 to January 1997,[2]
finished sixth out of ten candidates with 3.2% of the vote.

In the

National Assembly
as part of the Consultation of Opposition Political Parties alliance.

In 2010 the PUN joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the

2011 general elections.[4] The party nominated 12 candidates for the 105 seats in the National Assembly,[5]
and although the alliance won 11 seats, the PUN failed to win a seat.

References

  1. ^ CAR: Parties with seats in the 2005 National Assembly Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
  2. ^ "Central African Republic". World Statesmen. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  3. ^ Report of the Observation Mission of the Presidential and Legislative Elections of 13 March and 8 May 2005 in the Central African Republic Archived 22 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine Francophone Democracy (in French)
  4. ^ Political agreement between the parties of the Presidential Majority Archived 2017-12-23 at the Wayback Machine Journal de Bangui, 24 December 2010
  5. ^ CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA