Mauritanian People's Party (original) (raw)

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Political party in Mauritania

Mauritanian People's Party حزب الشعب الموريتاني (Arabic)Parti du peuple mauritanien (French)
Founder Moktar Ould Daddah
Founded November 1960; 64 years ago (November 1960)
Banned 10 July 1978; 46 years ago (10 July 1978)
Preceded by Mauritanian Regroupment Party Association de la Jeunesse Mauritanienne Mauritanian National Renaissance Party (Nahda) Mauritanian National Union Socialist Union of Mauritanian Muslims
Headquarters Nouakchott, Mauritania
Ideology Authoritarianism Nationalism Centralism Islamic socialism Mauritanian irredentism
Politics of MauritaniaPolitical partiesElections

Mauritanian People's Party (PPM, French: Parti du peuple mauritanien; Arabic: حزب الشعب الموريتاني, romanized: Hizb al-Sha'ab al-Muritaniy) was the sole legal party of Mauritania from 1961 to 1978. It was headed by President Moktar Ould Daddah.

Daddah founded the party shortly after Mauritania's independence from France in November 1960 by merging his Mauritanian Regroupment Party with opposition parties including Association de la Jeunesse Mauritanienne, Nahda, the Mauritanian National Union, and the Socialist Union of Mauritanian Muslims.[1] The parties were united at a meeting of their political leadership in December 1961, and Daddah proceeded to enact a range of repressive laws, banning alternative political parties and bestowing virtually unlimited power upon the presidency.

Following the 10 July 1978 coup led by Mustafa Ould Salek, Mauritania's civilian leadership was replaced with military rule and the party was abolished and banned.[2]

Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1966 Moktar Ould Daddah 471,577 100% Elected Green tickY
1971 512,708 100% Elected Green tickY
1976 630,635 100% Elected Green tickY

National Assembly elections

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Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
1965 Moktar Ould Daddah 445,844 100% 40 / 40 Increase 40 Increase 1st Sole legal party
1971 504,406 100% 50 / 50 Increase 10 Steady 1st Sole legal party
1975 574,758 100% 70 / 70 Increase 20 Steady 1st Sole legal party
1976 (by-election) 100% 7 / 7 Increase 7 Steady 1st Sole legal party
  1. ^ Pazzanita, Anthony G (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780810830950.
  2. ^ Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh (Spring 2010). "Sozialstrukturen und politische Macht in Mauretanien". inamo (61): 4f.