Union for Progress and Renewal (Guinea)
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The Union for Progress and Renewal (Template:Langx, UPR) is an opposition political party in Guinea, founded in September 1998 through the merger of Siradio Diallo's Renewal and Progress Party and Ba Mamadou's Union for the New Republic.[1] In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 26.63% of the popular vote and 20 out of 114 seats.[2]Template:Better source needed A section of the party boycotted the 2002 election, and it later joined the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea.[3]
The UPR is led by Bah Ousmane.[4] It joined the government of Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souaré, which was formed on June 19, 2008, receiving one post, that of Minister of Livestock and Animal Protection.[5]