Popular Democratic Union (Portugal)

The Popular Democratic Union (Portuguese: União Democrática Popular, pronounced [uniˈɐ̃w̃ dɨmuˈkɾatikɐ pupuˈlaɾ], or UDP) is a Marxist political movement in Portugal. The UDP transformed itself into a political association at its 15th congress due to its merger with other left-wing parties in the Left Bloc.

Popular Democratic Union

União Democrática Popular
AbbreviationUDP
PresidentMário Durval[1]
Founded1 December 1974 (1974-12-01)[2]
3 April 2005 (2005-04-03)[3]
Dissolved3 April 2005 (2005-04-03)[4]
Merger ofCARP (ML)
URML
CCR (ML)
Merged intoLeft Bloc
HeadquartersRua de São Bento, 698, Lisboa, Portugal 1250-223[5]
NewspaperA Comuna
IdeologyMarxism
Socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
ColoursRed
Website
www.udp.pt
UDP 6h Congress poster

History

The party was founded in December 1974 as a common mass front of the Committee for Support to the Reconstruction of the Party (Marxist–Leninist) (CARP(ML)), Revolutionary Marxist–Leninist Unity (URML) and Revolutionary Communist Committees (Marxist–Leninist). UDP ran lists in the first free election in Portugal in 1975, and elected one MP in that election. UDP also ran in the subsequent elections until 1983. After that it ran integrated in the electoral lists of the Portuguese Communist Party until 1991.

In 1998 it became part of the Left Bloc after a merger with other small left-wing parties and movements, the Revolutionary Socialist Party, Politics XXI and the Left Revolutionary Front.

The current president of People's Democratic Union is Joana Mortágua (2010), 24 years old. Joana Mortágua was Left Bloc candidate in the national legislative elections of 2009, electoral district of Évora[6] and is member of the current Political Commission of Left Bloc.[7]

References
  1. 11ª Conferência Nacional da UDP – associação política.
  2. As a political party.
  3. As a political association.
  4. As a political party.
  5. UDP - Contacto
  6. "Órgãos dirigentes da UDP". UDP. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  7. "Resolução da Mesa Nacional do Bloco de Esquerda". Esquerda. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.


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