Mauritanian People's Party

Mauritanian People's Party (PPM, French Parti du peuple mauritanien; Arabic: حزب الشعب الموريتاني 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.

Mauritanian People's Party

حزب الشعب الموريتاني
Parti du peuple mauritanien
FounderMoktar Ould Daddah
FoundedNovember 1960 (November 1960)
DissolvedJuly 1978 (July 1978)
Preceded byPRM
AJM
Nahda
UNM
USMM
HeadquartersNouakchott, Mauritania
IdeologyAuthoritarianism
Nationalism
Centralism
Islamic socialism

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 Union National Mauritanienne, and the Union Socialiste des Musulmans Mauritaniens.[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 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]

Electoral history

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

National Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1965 Moktar Ould Daddah 445,844 100%
40 / 40
 40 1st Sole legal party
1971 504,406 100%
50 / 50
 10 1st Sole legal party
1975 574,758 100%
70 / 70
 20 1st Sole legal party
1976 100%
70 / 70
 1st Sole legal party

References
  1. Pazzanita, Anthony G (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780810830950.
  2. Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh: Sozialstrukturen und politische Macht in Mauretanien. In: inamo 61, Frühjahr 2010, S. 4f


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